IFC Credit VP Named to ELA Small Ticket Committee

MORTON GROVE, Illinois, October 14, 2004 –
John Estok, Chief Operations Officer of IFC Credit Corporation has been named to the Equipment Leasing Association’s Small Ticket Business Council Steering Committee.

The ELA Small-Ticket Business Council Committee’s mission is to facilitate interaction between member companies and the ELA, and to represent the concerns of ELA member companies primarily involved in the small ticket business, determine program priorities and develop needs-based initiatives.

Mr. Estok has been involved in the equipment leasing industry since 1972. He joined IFC Credit Corporation in 2003 with IFC’s acquisition of First Portland Corporation (dba FirstCorp) where he served as President. Previously, Mr. Estok was Executive Vice President and COO of Hitachi Credit Canada Inc., in Mississauga, Canada; President and CEO of Industrial Leasing Corporation of Portland, Oregon; and Executive Vice President of Norex Leasing, Burlington, Canada. He is also past President of the Equipment Lessors Association of Canada.


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