Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is comprised of distinguished industry leaders, ranging from large multinationals to small, and medium enterprises. 

Serving in two-year terms, our Chair leads the Board to provide the CFLA with overall strategic insight, budgeting, and support. Our bylaws allow us to elect up to 32 Directors from our Regular and Associate members.

 

 

Howard Cobham

Chair

 General Motors Financial

 

Hugh Swandel

Vice-Chair

Meridian OneCap Credit Corp.

 

Michael Rothe

CFLA President & CEO

Canadian Finance & Leasing Association

 

 

Mike Rusch

Member & Former Chair

Jim Pattison Group

 

Angela Armstrong

Member & Former Chair

Prime Capital Group and Xpedite Leasing Inc.

 

 

Colin Grant

Member

Caterpillar Financial Services Ltd.

 

 

François Nantel

Member

Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada Leasing, Inc.

 

Jill Hadfield

Member

Dealertrack Canada & Collateral Management Solutions

 

 

Shaun Danton

Member

BAL Global Finance Canada Corporation

 

 

 

Bruce Pennington

Member

RBC Equipment Finance

 

Julie Gingras

Member

Wilson Vukelich LLP

 

 

Julien Bigras

Member

Core Capital Group Inc.

 

 

 

Simon Laurin

Member

Equifax

 

 

 

Mark Reichling

Member

De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc.

 

 

Richard McAuliffe

Member & Former Chair

Siemens Financial Services

 

 

 

Rick Fraites

Member

Ford Credit Canada

 

 

Mark Stafford

Member

National Bank of Canada