Chris Pettit – Senior Vice President

Chris Pettit

Senior Vice President, Business Development


Chris is a senior-level financial services executive with 20 years of experience in the banking and inventory finance sector. Eighteen years have focused on the marine, RV, and trailer industries, with floorplan and retail finance. Chris’s strengths include building long-term relationships, developing creative finance programs, and a continuous pursuit of exceeding customer expectations.

His inventory finance career began with Textron Financial, where he learned all aspects of inventory finance. After that, he spent several years in indirect retail lending in RV and Marine before becoming an early Northpoint Commercial Finance team member. He led business development there in the marine, RV, and trailer industries. He then focused solely on developing programs with and growing their marine manufacturer relationships. Most recently, Chris was a VP at Bank Of The West’s commercial finance division.

Growing up and living in Minnesota, Chris has spent most of his life as a boat owner and has always had a passion for the marine industry, personally and professionally.

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Jeff Collins

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Steve Bratcher

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Greg Nash

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Rick Derbonne’

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Ravi Gunasekera – Regional Sales

Ravi Gunasekera

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Don Poskus

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