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Meet Our Team

Siena Lending Group is a diverse team of experienced asset-based lending (ABL) professionals. Our team members are recognized authorities on commercial finance, frequently honored by industry associations for their excellence.

David Grende Chief Executive Officer

David Grende

Chief Executive Officer

David Grende Chief Executive Officer

David Grende

Chief Executive Officer

David is a specialized lending executive with more than 30 years of experience building and running asset-based lending businesses, executing debt restructurings, taking on interim management roles, and completing complex asset workouts and recoveries.

Prior to co-founding Siena, David was Chief Executive Officer of Burdale Capital Finance (BCF), a wholly owned asset-based lending subsidiary of Bank of Ireland, which provided transatlantic financing solutions to a $1.7 billion portfolio of clients. In 2006, David was hired to start BCF as a de novo ABL U.S. business and built it into a widely recognized brand. BCF was sold to Wells Fargo in 2012 as part of the bank’s deleveraging, necessitated by the IMF’s bailout of Ireland in 2010.

Before starting BCF, David was a Managing Director in the Corporate Advisory Services practice at Huron Consulting Group, where he led a Huron team in successfully launching Delta Air Lines, Inc. into a seamless bankruptcy proceeding, and also managed restructuring teams at ATA Airlines and Air Jamaica. In addition, David served in an interim management role for Comdisco Ventures. He successfully managed the runoff of a $1.5 billion lease, subordinated loan and private equity venture capital portfolio, where his team exceeded the business plan he created from both return and timeline perspectives.

Prior to Huron, David was Chief Operating Officer at a Bank of America Commercial Finance subsidiary, which he also started as a de novo asset-based finance business. David started his career at the CIT GroupCredit Finance, where he was promoted six times—finally becoming EVP/Chief Operating Officer in charge of three regions and 185 employees.

David earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from City College of New York and became a Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) in 2004. He has served as President of the Secured Finance Network (formerly the Commercial Finance Association).

Miin Chen Chief Operating Officer

Miin Chen

Chief Operating Officer

Miin Chen Chief Operating Officer

Miin Chen

Chief Operating Officer

Miin has 10 years of experience in accounting, audit, operations and treasury management. Prior to Siena, Miin was a direct report to the Controller at Burdale and has worked as an auditor at both PricewaterhouseCoopers and JH Cohn (CohnReznick). Miin is a CPA in the state of New Jersey and holds a Masters in Accounting from Boston College.

Todd Eubanks Deputy CRO

Todd Eubanks

Chief Risk Officer

Todd Eubanks Deputy CRO

Todd Eubanks

Chief Risk Officer

Todd is a seasoned risk executive with more than 25 years of diverse experience in structuring, underwriting and executing middle-market lending transactions for private equity and corporate clients. Todd has a proven ability to leverage his structuring and industrial background to bring insight, knowledge and expertise to asset-based financing opportunities.

Prior to joining Siena, Todd led risk teams in the areas of asset-based lending, structured products and working capital solutions over his 20+ years at GE Capital. Most recently, he served as an executive officer and head of Underwriting and Portfolio at Accord Financial, a publicly traded non-bank lender with focuses on asset-based lending, equipment finance, media finance and small business lending products.

Todd earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.

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