Northwest Bank Welcomes Chris Buehler as Vice President, Northwest Sponsor Finance

COLUMBUS, OH (May 6, 2025) — Northwest Sponsor Finance (“NSF”), a division of Northwest Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, as well as employee benefits and wealth management services, is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Buehler to its Sponsor Finance team. With more than 15 years of diverse experience in banking, corporate development, commercial finance, and private equity, Mr. Buehler will be responsible for the origination, evaluation, and underwriting of senior cash flow credit facilities to sponsor-backed companies in the lower middle market.

Prior to joining NSF, Buehler was previously with Nationwide as well as Stonehenge Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm in Columbus, Ohio. He has also held finance and banking roles with Procter & Gamble, Huntington Bank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets.  

“We are pleased to welcome Chris to the team. We have come to know Chris well over the course of several years and his extensive network as well as experience investing in the lower middle market will be an asset to the group as we continue to grow and expand our capabilities,” said Dan Delgadillo, Managing Director and Head of Northwest’s Sponsor Finance group.

Buehler earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Ohio State University, and an MBA in Finance from OSU’s Fisher College of Business.

 

About Northwest Sponsor Finance

Northwest Sponsor Finance, with offices in Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, provides senior secured cash flow loans to private equity-backed lower middle market companies throughout the United States. Northwest Sponsor Finance offers products that support the acquisition, recapitalization and growth investment efforts of private equity firms operating in the lower middle market and focuses on companies that generate EBITDA between $2 million and $15 million.  Northwest Sponsor Finance is a generalist group concentrating on asset lite business models in the business and consumer services, consumer products, asset-lite manufacturing, and value-added distribution sectors.

  

About Northwest Bancshares, Inc., and Northwest Bank

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is the bank holding company of Northwest Bank. Founded in 1896, Northwest Bank is a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, as well as employee benefits and wealth management services. Currently, Northwest operates 130 full-service financial centers and eleven free-standing drive-up facilities in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and Indiana. Northwest Bancshares, Inc.'s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("NWBI"). Additional information regarding Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Northwest Bank can be accessed online at www.northwest.bank.