In this week’s Fireside Chat with Jesse, I sit down with Jay Lease, Chief Banking Officer at Choice Bank Equipment Finance. With two decades of banking experience and a leadership role in building Choice Bank’s equipment finance business, Jay shares his journey and the lessons he’s learned along the way. We cover: Jay’s career path through commercial banking and into equipment finance How Choice Bank is growing its equipment finance platform The influence of industry veterans like Gary Peterson (a.k.a. the “Taylor Swift of the ELFA”) The importance of partnerships, client engagement, and building trust in the market If you want to hear how a leader is shaping a new equipment finance platform with the support of seasoned advisors, this episode is for you. Subscribe for more conversations with the leaders shaping equipment finance.

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