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POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE APPOINTS RICH JOHNSTON AS SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR AND BRIAN WOOD AS MANAGING DIRECTOR
Westport, CT – March 9, 2026 – Post Road Equipment Finance (“PREF”), is excited to announce the appointment of two experienced professionals to its commercial team. Rich Johnston has joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director on the Capital Markets Team and Brian Wood has joined as a Managing Director in PREF’s Private Equity Sponsor coverage team. Johnston will work with the Capital Markets Team to originate and participate in indirect equipment finance opportunities on
Mar 9
POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE ANNOUNCES $40 MILLION LEASE FACILITY WITH LEADING INDUSTRIAL SERVICES PROVIDER
Westport, CT – February 23, 2026 – Post Road Equipment Finance ("PREF") is proud to announce the successful closing of a $40 million lease facility with a leading distributor of industrial products and solutions. The customer specializes in the design, installation, service, and maintenance of mission-critical industrial systems across a broad range of end markets. The lease facility will enable the customer to acquire essential equipment in support of newly awarded contrac
Feb 23
POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE ANNOUNCES $65 MILLION SALE-LEASEBACK WITH GLOBAL PRECISION CASTING MANUFACTURER
Westport, CT – January 20, 2026 – Post Road Equipment Finance ("PREF") is proud to announce the successful closing of a $65 million sale-leaseback transaction with a leading global manufacturer of precision castings. The company specializes in highly engineered components, serving blue-chip customers across the commercial aerospace, military, and industrial gas turbine markets. “Early last year we announced the closing of a similar transaction with this strategic customer of
Jan 21
POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE APPOINTS MATT DOWNS AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Westport, CT – January 13, 2025 – Post Road Equipment Finance ("PREF") is excited to announce that Matt Downs has joined the firm as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Downs will report directly to President & CEO Rick Matte and lead the company’s Commercial Excellence initiatives as Post Road continues to scale its platform. Downs will oversee CRM strategy and deployment, sales force effectiveness, sales enablement, and the firm’s communications and marketing effort
Jan 13
POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE ADDS BRIAN MERES AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Westport, CT – October 16, 2025 – Post Road Equipment Finance ("PREF") is pleased to announce that Brian Meres has joined its Risk team as a Senior Vice President. In his new role, Meres will primarily be responsible for new business underwriting and will also have portfolio management responsibilities. He will report to Katherine Branch, Chief Risk Officer of Post Road Equipment Finance. Meres joined Post Road Equipment Finance from Speedwell Partners, where he was CFO and
Oct 16, 2025
POST ROAD EQUIPMENT FINANCE PROVIDES $15 MILLION LEASE LINE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PROVIDER
Westport, CT – October 14, 2025 – Post Road Equipment Finance (“PREF”) is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $15 million...
Oct 14, 2025
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