After a day spent
discussing strategies for the years to come, representatives of
more than 70 finance houses, law firms, trade bodies and service
providers gathered in Berlin’s Concorde Hotel to celebrate the
leasing industry’s achievements in 2009.
This year’s Leasing Life awards,
held on 10 December, set out to recognise companies and individuals
that had excelled in a year of unprecedented difficulty, as judged
by a panel of leasing experts, academics and consultants from
around Europe.
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UniCredit Leasing won the title of
‘European Lessor of the Year’ for the efficiency with which it had
undertaken a year of change, while Deutsche Leasing was awarded
‘German Lessor of the Year’ for its stability and its contributions
to German industry.
Amstel Lease was named ‘SME
Champion of the Year’ after a year of standard-setting performance
in customer relations, while IBM Global Financing won ‘Captive
Finance Provider of the Year’ for its dynamic support of IBM.
The ‘European Vendor Partnership
of the Year’ award was picked up by De Lage Landen after another
year at the head of the vendor finance field, and law firm
Shoosmiths took home ‘UK Law Firm Asset Finance Provider of the
Year’ after an extremely busy 2009.
Personally recognised were Luca
Lorenzi, managing director of UniCredit Leasing, and Leaseplan CEO
Vahid Daemi, as ‘European Functional Leader of the Year’ and
‘Personality of the Year’ respectively.
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By GlobalDataKarel Schellens, the former head
of De Lage Landen, received a ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award for his
role in developing the business culture of European leasing.
Brendan Malkin, editor of Leasing
Life, commented: “It is incredible to witness the support and
enthusiasm for the awards, which have grown considerably since they
were launched several years ago. This year, the ceremony has taken
place with the recession having hit the industry hard, and the
winners were those who have responded to that both effectively and
intelligently.”
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Andrew Denton, CHOP Consulting: Bill stephenson, De Lage |
Hans- Michael Heitmueller |
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| Karel Schellens, De Lage Landen | Joanne Davis, Shoosmiths |
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| Geoff Healey, GE Capital | Jens Hagen, Luca Lorenzi and Giuseppe del Gesso of UniCredit Leasing with Lesing Life’s Antonio Fabrizio |
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| John Howland-Jackson, ING Lease with Stefan Lechner and Frederik Linthout of UniCredit Leasing |
The Amstel Lease team |
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| Making her point: Sonia Jordan of Salans | Vahid Daemi and the LeasePlan team |
