J. Brian King has been named practice manager for the consumer lending and mortgage banking practice of BenchMark Consulting International, Atlanta.Mr. King was most recently a national sales manager at a division of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. Before that, he served as senior vice president of sales and business development at Info-One/VARDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corp. Mr. King was previously senior vice president of business development at Wachovia Bank, and director of product development and marketing at Home Equity USA, a division of FleetBoston Financial. BenchMark can be found online at http://www.benchmarkinternational.com.
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