Leasing Foundation Future Leaders, a programme aimed at fostering new talent in the industry, held its first one-day development event on 6 March in London.
The session explored EMEA funding strategies, in particular the need for different business models and the operational context in which one captive finance business in EMEA operates.
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Held at NetApp Capital Solutions’ London office, the meeting was hosted by Sharon Butler, the company’s sales director for EMEA.
Peter Thomas, the Foundation’s chief operating officer, said: "The ability to understand the broad sweep of the industry is an essential part of the leadership development process, and the participants in the Future Leaders programme were able to get insights into how NetApp Capital Solutions operate, an opportunity that they could never have accessed elsewhere."
In addition to NetApp Capital Solutions, the Future Leaders programme is supported by Société Générale Equipment Finance and Bibby Leasing. The programme utilises an "action learning" approach which uses group discussions to address real business problems and develop solutions which can be applied in practice.
Ryan Brodley from CHP Consulting, one of the Future Leaders, said: "Sharon Butler and the team at NetApp provided a fascinating overview of their captive finance business and the product types that have supported its substantial growth to a $6.3bn (4.54bn) revenue."
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By GlobalDataHe said the day’s themes included "the creation of a company committed to innovation, its core values and the development of industry partnerships", and added: "From my point of view, as a software provider and business consultant for the industry, it was exciting to see that NetApp not only continue to evolve and innovate with their technology solutions, but also with their financing solutions; providing maximum flexibility during the sales process."
The Leasing Foundation Future Leaders 2013-2014 include: Ryan Brodley, CHP, Carl Daufer, Bibby Leasing, David Darmoulin, ING, Carolyn Harding, Lombard, Christian Roelofs, Grant Thornton, Martin Ward, Shoosmiths, Chris Watts, CAT Financial, and Rachael Woods, CIT.
