SGEF does awards double
By LL Editorial
05 November 2010
The Leasing Life Asset Finance
Awards 2010 crown the top leasing companies in Europe.
SG
Equipment Finance has won the European Lessor of the Year Award,
and Investec Asset Finance was crowned SME Champion, at the Leasing
Life Asset Finance Awards in Milan on 4 November.
SG Equipment Finance also swiped
the Vendor Finance Provider of the Year Award, making it a double
winner in this year’s celebrations.
The Leasing Life Asset Finance
Awards, sponsored exclusively by CHP Consulting, recognise the best
in category from among Europe’s top leasing providers. This year’s
host country, Italy, was honoured, with the Italian Lessor of the
Year Award going to UniCredit Leasing.
Nordea Finance triumphed in the
Innovator of the Year Award; LeasePlan was recognised in the Public
Sector Lessor of the Year Award; and the Green Lessor of the Year
Award was clinched by De Lage Landen. German print group Heidelberg
bagged the Captive Finance Provider of the Year Award.
The finalists in each category were
hotly debated by a panel of independent judges who picked out the
winners based on submissions made against the category
criteria.
SGEF was recognised as a European
leader for its "strategy and business stamina", and in the vendor
category for its "consistent, broad range of funding".
SME champion Investec won praise in
a competitive field for its "impressive current year increase in
net receivables", for a "willingness to take a risk in the sector",
and for its "customer handling".
Green winner DLL demonstrated
"commitment to green technology and corporate social
responsibility", as well as having "good products".
The Italian category winner,
UniCredit Leasing, was awarded for its "depth of leadership,
strength of focus, and empathy with markets".
In another tight-run category,
Nordea Finance clinched the innovator award for its "good growth
plan, resistance to recession and web based services for car
finance".
Public sector winner LeasePlan shone for its "good work with
government, engaging influencers, and for committed resource and
intelligence". Heidelberg impressed the judges in the captive
category with "consistency of approach, and strong, specialist
market knowledge".
See who got the Lifetime
Achievement Award