
Jose Martin Castro Acebes, director of Financial and Operating Lease at Santander has been appointed to the board of Leaseurope.
Acebes replaces Tomas Perez Ruiz of Lico Corporation as the representative of the Spanish leasing body, the Asociación Española de Leasing y Renting.
Massimiliano Moi, Leaseurope’s Chairman, said: "With the many challenges ahead, the Federation needs more than ever a strong and representative Board in order to represent and promote the leasing industry.
"Jose Martin’s experience in both financial and operating leasing will be very useful in that respect".
"I am convinced that the Spanish Leasing and Renting Association stands to benefit from Jose Martin’s strong involvement in Leaseurope."
Leaseurope’s Board of Directors, appointed for a two-year term running until October 2014, is composed of the following members:

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- Jose Martin Castro Acebes, Director, Financial and Operating Lease, Santander
- Didier Chappet, CEO, BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions
- Vahid Daemi, CEO, LeasePlan Corporation
- Michel Denis, CEO, Fraikin Locatime
- Roland Keppler, CEO, Europcar Groupe
- Massimiliano Moi, CEO, UniCredit Leasing
- Jukka Salonen, CEO, Nordea Finance
- Alexander Schmidecker, CEO, Raiffeisen Leasing
- Ronald Slaats, CEO, De Lage Landen International
- Martin Starck, Chairman of the Management Board, LBBW Leasing
- Jirina Tapsikova, CEO, SkoFIN
Massimiliano Moi, Vahid Daemi and Ronald Slaats have been elected as Chair and Vice- Chairs of the Federation, respectively.