Executive Insight

60 minutes

- Martin Muessener, Vice-President Sales & Marketing, Europe and Africa Region, Toyota Financial Services

In this exclusive interview, International Asset FInance Network Online offers insights into how a senior executive from one of Europe’s largest auto finance manufacturer captives is managing the challenges of the Coronavirus crisis.

Topics covered include: 

• The effect of the crisis on the industry’s three horizons of change: digitalisation, electrification and servitization
• Meeting the needs of customers in the new normal 
• How roles will change in the emerging auto ecosystem: OEMS, captives, banks and independents, dealers, regulators

First shown May 14, 2020

120 minutes

In the second in a series of online seminars on the challenges facing the asset finance industry during the Coronavirus crisis, industry experts provide critical guidance on the key issue of Operations and Forbearance.

Experts provide their analysis on planning a return to market, while there is also expert insight on how regulators are expecting organisations to treat their good and bad customers through to bounce-back.

Expert witnesses

• Melanie Chell, partner and head of asset finance, Shoosmiths
• Adrian Dally, head of motor finance, Finance & Leasing Association
• Colin Fleischmann, group director, White Clarke Group
• Simon Harris, partner, AVANTALION Consulting Germany
• Peter Landers, director, strategic partnerships, MotoNovo Finance
• John Rees, global head of sales and marketing, Societe Generale Equipment Finance
• Rohan De Souza, global head of auto finance, Genpact

“I want to thank delegates for your very positive comments on our first session we ran and to thank you all for the care and attention you have taken in your requests to tell us what you want to know.” Edward Peck, chief executive officer, International Asset Finance Network Online

Responding to the Coronavirus crisis

First shown May 5

90 minutes

In the first in a series of International Asset Finance Network Online special seminars on the COVID-19 crisis, IAFN CEO Edward Peck led discussions to look at the "brave new world" facing the industry.

With UK car sales collapsing and the country in lockdown, this session looks at the challenges ahead and how the industry could adapt to them.

Keynote speaker

• Stephen Sklaroff, former director general, Finance and Leasing Association

Expert witnesses

•  Simon Goldie, head of asset finance at the Finance and Leasing Association
• Richard Knubben, deputy director general of Leaseurope and Eurofinas
• Colin Fleischmann, group director, White Clarke Group

Viewpoint

• Jonathan Andrew, chief operating officer, PEAC Finance

“Over the next few weeks as our conference series unfolds, we intend to progressively change by building in more interaction and giving you more control of the way the conference progresses. We want to know what you want to know.” Edward Peck, chief executive officer, International Asset Finance Network Online