Hitachi Capital America announced Suzanne Santos has joined the company as senior vice president of operations and chief credit officer responsible for leading the company’s North American credit and operations functions.

Santos brings over 25 years of experience in risk and operations, most recently with GE Capital as a managing director of risk data and analytics where she led the development of risk analytics, governance and portfolio monitoring routines. Before that, Santos held numerous leadership positions in risk and operations, six sigma, underwriting and portfolio management.

“We are thrilled that Sue will be bringing her experience and expertise to the HCA leadership team. We look forward to her contributions to the continued growth of HCA.” said Ryan Collison, president and COO of Hitachi Capital America.