Jim Finan joins the The Kensington Company with over 30 years of business expertise, including franchise sales as a Frannet affiliate where he has been helping educate individuals on business ownership. He provides consultations to individuals who are seriously looking to own their own business. Jim works to match the personal, professional and financial goals of his clients with carefully selected national franchise companies. He further coaches his clients on how to thoroughly search for and evaluate franchise opportunities so that franchising can be seen as a safe and affordable way to be a business owner.

Before joining The Kensington Company, Jim was Vice President of Corporate Banking for STAR Financial Bank. Prior to STAR and FranNet, Jim served at Ball State University in the capacity of development director in support of the College of Architecture and Planning. For 18 years prior to Ball State, Jim was Vice-President of Operations for Reliant Services, a joint venture between Indiana Energy and Cinergy, where he led the operational implementation of services provided to utility customers in the tri-state area of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Jim held various managerial and director-level responsibilities with Indiana Energy, Inc. (now Vectren Corporation) and was instrumental in the creation and “start-up” of Reliant Services.

Jim is a Ball State, College of Business graduate having received a BS in Management and a MBA in 1989.