Orange, Calif.-based Western Dental recently appointed Vivek Kumar as its chief credit officer.
Mr. Kumar joins Western Dental with nearly 18 years of experience working with consumer credit and corporate risk management. His previous positions include vice president of credit risk management for Goldman Sachs' Marcus subsidiary. He was also the director of pricing strategy and analytics for Santander Consumer USA.
Western Dental has 335 affiliated offices throughout California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and Alabama.