John Randall joins Live Oak Bank’s M&A team

John Randall will serve as a senior loan officer for Live Oak Bank’s mergers and acquisitions team. Randall specializes in business acquisitions, real estate equipment and partner buyouts.

Randall joins Live Oak as a seasoned lender, with more than 17 years of commercial lending experience. In his most recent role, he worked at one of the nation’s largest banks, where he generated more than $400 million in loans to small businesses. In his role at Live Oak, he will use his expertise to guide customers through SBA loan structures geared for cashflow lending, goodwill financing and working capital.

“We are thrilled to have John as part of our exceptional M&A team. His depth and breadth of expertise is unparalleled and will be an asset to both the Live Oak team as well as customers navigating the complex M&A process,” said Kay Anderson, director of emerging markets at Live Oak Bank.

Randall received a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness management from Purdue University, and he serves on several community boards in his home state of Indiana.

Live Oak specializes in acquisition financing across all industries nationwide. The dedicated team has extensive SBA expertise to help brokers, intermediaries, search funds and individuals understand the process of acquiring a business structured with SBA financing.