The Leasing Life Awards


The Nominees

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European Lessor of the
Year

• BNP Paribas Lease Group

• Deutsche Leasing

• ING Lease

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• SG Equipment Finance

• UniCredit Leasing

German Lessor of the Year

• Deutsche Leasing

• GrenkeLeasing

• MAN Finance

• Siemens Financial Services


SME Champion of the Year

• Amstel Lease

• ING Lease

• Parfip Lease

• UniCredit Leasing


Captive Finance Provider of the Year

• IBM Global Financing

• Pitney Bowes Global Financial
Services

• Volkswagen Financial Services

• Xerox Financial Services


European Vendor Partnership of the Year

• Banca Agrileasing

• Bibby Leasing

• De Lage Landen

• Deutsche Leasing


UK Law Firm Asset Finance Provider of the Year

•Addleshaw Goddard

• HBJ Gateley Wareing

• Morton Fraser Solicitors

• Shoosmiths

• Salans


Functional Leader of the Year

• Basil Bannayi,

Managing director, Close Print
Finance

• Benoit Chenu,

Head of international business
development, SG Equipment Finance

• Luca Lorenzi,

General manager, UniCredit
Leasing

• Ed Marks,

Head of marine finance, corporate jets and
superyachts, Barclays Asset & Sales Finance

• Robert Peterson,

Director for strategy and innovation, Amstel
Lease

• Vincent Rupied,

Director of corporate relations, Arval; Board
member, Leaseurope


Personality of the Year

• Richard Carter,

Head of HSBC Equipment Finance

• Vahid Daemi,

CEO of LeasePlan Corporation

• Rüdiger von Fölkersamb,

Chairman of Leaseurope; Vice-president of BDL
– German leasing association; Board member of Deutsche Leasing

• Roman Ivanenko,

General manager of Euro Leasing; Chairman and
founder of the Ukrainian Union of Lessors Association

• Bulent Tasar,

Chairman of FIDER – Turkish Leasing
Association; CEO of Siemens Financial Services Turkey


Lifetime Achievement Award

• Hans-Michael Heitmüller,

Former chairman of the board, Deutsche
Leasing

•Karel Schellens,

Former CEO, De Lage Landen International

•Godfrey Smith,

Former finance director, Bank of America
Leasing

• Derek Soper,

Chairman of International Advisory
Associates

• Friedhelm Westebbe,

Outgoing managing director of BDL, the German
Leasing Association

• Terry Willis,

Former head of legal at Lombard