COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 24, 2006) – Growing investment banking, mortgage banking and financial advisory firm Lancaster Pollard is pleased to announce the hire of eight new associates to serve hospitals and senior living and affordable housing providers.
Kassem K. Matt joined Lancaster Pollard & Co. as a vice president in the spring. He will be responsible for all underwriting and closing process details for hospitals and senior living facilities in southern and central Ohio. Most recently, Mr. Matt served as senior rate risk specialist for Huntington’s Capital Markets Group and provided interest rate risk management solutions to corporate clients.
Additional spring hires in the Columbus office include:
- Ginger McGuire, senior vice president
- James D. Neil, senior vice president
- Eric Nori, fixed income trader
- Jeffrey Banker, assistant vice president
- Gregory Sawchyn, health care analyst
- Matthew Lindsay, health care analyst
- Ryan Miles, housing analyst
Lancaster Pollard was named the 16th-fastest growing company in central Ohio in 2005 by Business First of Columbus. Over the past five years the firm has opened four regional offices, its most recent in May in Austin, Texas, and increased its staff by more than 150 percent. Principals Thomas R. Green and Brian Pollard are regional finalists in the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.