Chesswood Group Limited announced further expansion of its equipment finance footprint in the U.S., with the launch of Tandem Finance Inc. Tandem Finance, based in Houston, Texas, provides small and medium sized businesses of all credit profiles with financing for their equipment purchases, through equipment vendors and distributors.

Chesswood also announced that Mike Sheehan has joined team as President of Tandem Finance. Mike has more than thirty years in the equipment finance industry, and in the vendor channel specifically and brings a wealth of expertise and experience to Tandem Finance and Chesswood. Mike is working out of Tandem Finance's new offices in Houston.