Gowan possesses a successful and tenured credit union industry career, most recently serving as CUNA Mutual Group's Chief Officer of Sales and Marketing.

Benson is delighted to reunite with Gowan as the two worked together for many years at CUNA Mutual. "I am excited to have Jim as a part of our leadership team. He brings a wealth of leadership experience and has proven that he can grow an organization through his commitment to understanding credit unions and their members' needs. We also value Jim because he is highly respected and has extremely strong relationships throughout the credit union system."

Gowan is pleased to have the opportunity to remain in the credit union system and is very impressed with the direction EPL is headed. "EPL's credit union owners and board are committed to providing a truly open architecture system to credit unions that allows them to conduct their diverse businesses most effectively and efficiently for their members. This commitment provides a great growth opportunity for EPL and its partners and a much more responsive alternative for credit unions. Credit unions have long been tied to systems that fail to completely meet their needs and this is where EPL's open architecture will alleviate those credit unions' challenges. The first-rate leadership team Wayne has put together combined with the commitment of the whole organization assures an effective mission to meeting EPL's clients' needs."