Godfrey Smith, a principal at Bank of America Leasing,
has recently retired after a long career in the leasing
industry.
Smith, who in his last role was finance director for the leasing
business of BoA, worked at the lessor for almost 20 years. This
included five years as financial director with Fleet Boston, the
Boston-based banking group which merged in 2004 with Bank of
America.
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According to BoA’s head John Bennett, Smith “has certainly
contributed much to our industry”.
He said: “Godfrey was a key figure in expanding our activities
in Europe to cover 17 countries, and became an expert in
cross-border, legal and tax structures for vendor
transactions.”
In addition to that, Smith did a lot of work with the FLA in
submitting proposals and working with different parties related to
changes in corporation tax for lessors, and on accounting and
reporting.
Simon Kirk, finance director at Five Arrows Leasing Group, who
attended many of these meetings and has known Smith for a long
period of time, said: “The one thing I can say about Godfrey is
that he is always charming, he has always had that sort of sunny
disposition to talk to, he always emphasises the positive.”
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By GlobalDataA profile on Godfrey Smith will appear in the November issue
of Leasing Life. Smith has also been nominated for the
Lifetime Achievement category at the Leasing Life Awards.
Winners will be announced in December.
Antonio Fabrizio
