Terry is responsible for leading Accord’s growth and expansion initiatives in the U.S., including organizational development. Prior to joining Accord in 2014, Terry spent over 30 years in the financial services industry. As a senior executive at LaSalle Bank, he established a business unit charged with providing credit and other bank products to the financial services sector, which included commercial finance, consumer finance, leasing and mortgage banking. This experience gives Terry unique insight and expertise into the operations of finance companies. Subsequent to leaving banking in 2005, Terry spent 10 years providing advisory services to finance companies. As Managing Director with Amherst Partners from 2009 until joining Accord in 2014, Terry provided strategic and financial advisory services on mergers and acquisitions and on turnaround and restructuring services to a wide range of companies with a focus on financial services. He holds a BA in economics from Valparaiso University and an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.