Axis Auto Finance Inc. announced that Paul Stoyan will be joining its Board of Directors effective May 17, 2018. Mr. Stoyan will take on the role of Chairman of the Board. Mr. Stoyan is the Chairman of Gardiner Roberts LLP, a Canadian business law firm. Mr. Stoyan practices business law with a special emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. Mr. Stoyan has worked extensively with various companies in the technology sector and has assisted such companies in various cross-border transactions, in going public and establishing corporate governance regimes. Todd Hudson, CEO of Axis, is joining the Board of Directors concurrently with Mr. Stoyan. Mr. Hudson has more than 25 years of sales and operations management experience in the Canadian alternative lending industry. Prior to joining the company in March 2018, he was Chief Operating Officer of ECN Capital, having previously been Executive Vice President of Originations at Element Financial Corporation. Simultaneously with the appointment of Mr. Stoyan and Mr. Hudson, Josh Arbuckle and Robert Howe have resigned their positions on the Board of Axis.