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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By GlobalData• 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
