GE Capital International has appointed Henry Allen as commercial & growth leader of the firm’s international business outside of the Americas.
As part of his role, Allen will assume responsibility for six divisions including marketing, strategy, commercial excellence, global financial solutions, and pan-European equipment finance and fleet teams.
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He will be based in London and report directly to GE Capital International president and chief executive officer, Richard Laxer. GE said the appointment is part of the firm’s ongoing focus to grow its core commercial leasing & lending business in global markets.
GE said Allen has over 25 years of financial services experience across leasing, lending and private equity, in both the consumer and commercial finance segments.
Joining GE Capital from Aurora Consultants, Allen was previously chief executive officer of The Receivables Exchange in New York. Allen also spent nine years at Marsh Inc. in New York and London ending as president, multinational business. Before joining Marsh, Allen served in various leadership and functional roles with GE Capital and 3i.
