Lodgco Hospitality Promotes VP of Finance

Lodgco Hospitality, Grand Rapids, Mich.-based hospitality management company, promotes Irina Petcu-Kassem to vice president of finance. Petcu-Kassam previously held the position of corporate director of finance.

Petcu-Kassem has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance and various business and commercial lending roles, including as an underwriter, portfolio manager and managing director of credit and operations. During her time in those roles, she also served on executive loan committees, where she gained an in-depth understanding of the various facets of commercial lending.  

“Lodgco, and all its asset investors, are extremely fortunate to have the talent and experience that Irina brings to our organization,” Lodgco Hospitality President Scott Stuart said in a statement. “Her expertise in the commercial loan space has allowed our investors to acquire new projects with remarkable debt structure. Irina has also restructured several current loans with very satisfactory terms.”

In Petcu-Kassem’s new role, her responsibilities will be to continue to develop relationships with lenders to provide the best financing for clients on both new and current assets and to ensure existing loans’ performance, as well as provide financial and investment analysis for clients.