Asset finance consulting and services provider Invigors EMEA has appointed Sven Jirgal, the former vice-president of Cisco Capital, as a senior adviser. The move comes only a month after the company took on five new consultants to the network. 

Who is Sven Jirgal?

After graduating with a business degree from the University of Geneva, Sven Jirgal (pictured) started his career with Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard in Japan, before joining Hewlett-Packard as a financial analyst in Geneva. 

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After various roles, he was at HP Financial Services when HP spun off its Measurement Business via an IPO and formed Agilent Technologies in 1999. He managed the separation of Agilent Financial Services from HP Financial Services Europe & Asia Pacific.

In 2000, he managed the global sale and transfer of Agilent Financial Services from Agilent Technologies to CIT including portfolios and staff in 20-plus countries. Jirgal then moved to Atlanta, US, to assume the role of president of Agilent Financial Services at CIT.

Upon his return to Geneva in 2004, he joined GE Capital in Europe to manage all of GE Capital’s pan-European vendor programmes and then moved to the UK as commercial director of GE Capital’s UK equipment leasing, fleet, commercial and corporate lending businesses.

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In 2010, Jirgal returned to Geneva and held various roles as sales director Europe, vice-president of global sales and marketing, and chief operating officer over his 10 years at Cisco.

Jirgal has served on several boards and served as director and chairman of The Captives Forum, an association of manufacturer-owned asset finance companies.

Jirgal said: “I want to help manufacturers, distributors and dealers define and optimise their financial and go-to-market strategies, in particular in light of the shift towards a consummation-based economy. I also plan to help funders connect to manufacturers and channels.”

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