The Leasing Foundation announced that Jonathan Andrew (global chief executive, Commercial Finance at Siemens Financial Services), Sam Geneen (managing director, Five Arrows Leasing Group), Alan Leesmith (international director of International Advisory Associates), Elliot Lennick (head of international sales, MAN Financial Services), Andrew Page (chief executive officer, CHP Consulting), Chris Stamper (chief executive officer, ING Lease (UK)) and Peter Tegg (managing director at Caterpillar Financial Services, Northern Europe, Turkey, Africa and Middle East) have agreed to become governors of the organization.

Foundation director and chairman of International Advisory Associates Derek Soper said, “We are delighted that these colleagues – all of whom are strong voices in our industry — have agreed to join us by becoming Governors of the Leasing Foundation. We know that these influential people will guide us to new opportunities and help us fulfill our mission of philanthropy, research and professional development.”

The mission of the Leasing Foundation is to support the leasing and asset finance industry by providing focus and organization for charitable activities, by performing rigorous, challenging and relevant research in areas that impact the industry and its future and by seeking opportunities to sustain the industry by developing people in the industry. The Foundation is not a lobbying body or a trade association.

Programs include: LFGiving, events that donate to a range of charities; LFResearch, an annual independent research report shared across the industry; LFWomen in Leasing, to bring together and encourage the development of women in the industry; LFFuture Leaders, to develop the new entrants to the industry; and The Leasing Fellows, an invitation-only community of the leading thinkers in leasing and asset finance.

Previously on monitordaily: Leasing Foundation Announces RBS’s Sullivan as First Governor, Published July 27, 2012