Hyundai Capital America (HCA) appointed Marcelo Brutti president and CEO. In this role, Brutti will continue strengthening the company’s partnerships with Hyundai Motor America and Kia America to serve Hyundai, Kia and Genesis dealers and customers. He will report to Ross Williams, executive vice president, head of the global business division and head of Hyundai Capital’s Americas region.

“I look forward to working closely with Marcelo to focus on strategic growth initiatives, best practice sharing and regional alignment and coordination,” Williams said. “I have no doubt that HCA will continue to thrive and build on its continued successes under Marcelo’s strong leadership.”

“HCA has a wonderful team that Ross and his fellow leaders have built over the years,” Brutti said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to lead HCA into the future and partner with our strong dealer network to grow the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands.”

Most recently, Brutti served as chief risk officer for City National Bank, where he enabled the bank to grow its assets while maturing the risk management and compliance organizations. He also chaired the bank’s Latino Community Network.

Brutti previously worked for HCA from 2016 to 2019. During that tenure, Brutti served as chief risk officer, partnering across HCA and with OEMs to launch new programs and strengthen residual values while establishing HCA’s enterprise risk management program and taking on expanded responsibility for Hyundai Capital Canada (HCCA) as chief risk officer.

Prior to HCA, Brutti held various leadership roles at Santander Bank, TD Bank, Visa and Wells Fargo.

After more than seven years as HCA’s president and CEO, Ross Williams is taking on a new role as executive vice president and head of the global business division. Williams is responsible for the development, oversight and governance of all Hyundai Capital overseas entities, which includes 10 financial entities and seven consulting entities spanning 14 countries. Williams will also lead future business expansion to setup new entities. At the same time, Williams has taken on a concurrent role as head of the newly established Hyundai Capital Americas region to setup a new regional operating model to drive increased alignment and business growth within the Americas region comprising of HCA, HCCA and Banco Hyundai Capital Brasil.