Interview with Bill Stephenson, CEO, HPS Global Leasing

Bill Stephenson, a straight talking Texan with a lifetime’s experience working in leasing stood down as CEO of Rabobank’s world leading vendor finance provider, DLL in December 2021. Ten days later he took the reigns at HPS Investment Partners of the businesses global leasing platforms which include PEAC UK and PEAC Europe, two B2B finance independents focused on small and mid-size enterprises.  

Stephenson is now responsible for expanding PEAC’s global footprint providing financial solutions for manufacturers and distribution partners in Europe and the United States.

In this one hour interview, John Rees, leader of Asset Finance Connect’s equipment finance community will ask Bill why he decided to leave a mature global platform and build something completely different with the freedom to innovate, fail and disrupt.

Key questions John will be putting to Bill include:

• Why are all of the world’s leading bank owned asset finance companies now run by bankers and not specialist leasing professionals?
• Where are the opportunities where banks won’t play that provide exciting growth opportunities for independent finance providers?
• What are the key differences between the US and Europe – and how do these two large marketplaces differ?