August 7, 2025, Norwalk, CT – Mark Patchell has been named Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Originations for Encina Private Credit (“Encina”), the specialty finance company that provides first-out, enterprise value loans to private equity-sponsored and non-sponsored borrowers across the middle market. Patchell will lead the nationally deployed originations team with a focus on new business originations from direct lenders, private equity sponsors and financial advisors across the US and Canada.
“We are extremely excited to add Mark to the leadership team at Encina where his commercial leadership experience and extensive leveraged finance expertise make him ideally suited to drive new business originations and portfolio growth for Encina,” said Mike Hensinger, President and CEO of Encina Private Credit. “This is an important step for Encina as we continue building the premier non-bank specialty finance company focused on first out enterprise value loans.”
Mark joined Encina in February of 2024 as Senior Managing Director, Originations and has played a significant role in the growth of Encina. Prior to Encina, Mark held various leadership roles in middle market sponsor coverage, corporate finance, and asset-based lending at Capital One, GE Capital, and Bank of America.
About Encina Private Credit
Encina Private Credit is a specialty finance company that partners with direct lenders to provide first out enterprise value loans to private equity-sponsored and non-sponsored borrowers. Encina provides credit solutions in the form of first out priority revolvers including L/C sublimits, term loans and DDTLs and typically invests between $15 million and $150 million per transaction. For additional information, please visit Encina’s website at https://privatecredit.encinacapital.com/.