Wren Rex joined Encina Equipment Finance as managing director of Business Development for the Northeast Region. She will be based out of the company’s new headquarters in Westport, CT and report to Rick Matte, president and chief commercial officer.

Rex joins EEF from Prudential Capital Group, where she spent the past three years as an originator focused on fixed asset lending in the firm’s Commercial Asset Finance division.

Prior thereto, she spent approximately 20 years across multiple business units at the General Electric Company and GE Capital, during which time she held various roles in GE Asset Management, GE Financial Assurance and, most recently, GE Capital’s Equipment Finance group.

Launched in June 2017, Encina Equipment Finance provides loans and leases ranging in size from $5 million to $50 million and secured by essential-use machinery & equipment. The platform provides financing to both privately-owned and publicly-traded companies across a wide range of collateral types, industries and use cases.