Espresso Capital recruits BMO's Mark Gilbert as director

Espresso Capital, a Canadian venture debt provider to technology companies, has hired Mark Gilbert as director, loan origination. Gilbert joined Espresso in January from BMO Financial Group, where he served for more than six years, most recently as regional market leader of the technology banking practice for Toronto. Before then, Gilbert was a senior underwriter at Chubb Insurance. Espresso CEO Alkarim Jivraj said Gilbert will play a key role in the Toronto-based firm's growth in 2019, which will include expansion into the United States.