The Leasing Foundation, has changed its board members with executive director Peter Thomas stepping down from his role as managing director.
Andrew Denton, co-founder of The Leasing Foundation and chief executive officer of Alfa Financial Software, will become chairman of the board replacing Carol Roberts who will instead focus on diversity and inclusion. The following board positions at The Leasing Foundation have also been confirmed:
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- Mike Randall (Simply, Technology)
- Nathan Mollett (Metro Bank, Young People)
- Graeme Chisholm (CBRC, Young People)
- Jo Davis (Locke Lord, Diversity and Inclusion)
- Ian Isaac (Lombard, non-executive)
- Gavin Wraith-Carter (Hitachi Capital, non-executive)
The Leasing Foundation is a non-profit organisation that organises seminars and events encouraging engagement with and publicity for the leasing industry. The Leasing Foundation has partnered with the FLA and the AF-PA Trust amongst others in a range of initiatives that promote innovation and research to drive the leasing industry’s growth.
The Foundation was established in 2012 and based in the City of London.
Last month departing director Thomas launched The Future Finance Network, a collaboration between finance industry figures, with hubs in Australia, China, Korea, Europe and the US. The enterprise will focus on tech, finance, professional development, and market education. Thomas is also a visiting professor for the Business Finance Innovation MA taught at Falmouth University.
The Leasing Foundation is also hosting a series of technology debates. The first was on the asset finance industry’s relationship to technology and featured James Alexander, co-founder of P2P lending company Zopa.
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By GlobalDataAt the event, Alexander said: “If you are innovating in an organisation, there is something dumb and easy about the power of a shared narrative. Humans get thier confidence from the past, not from the future. How many disruptors were there in 2005 in a big bank? None. If you exclude all of those people, you are not going to innovate very quickly.”
