The Leasing Foundation has announced that Nils Jaeger (vice president, International Finance, John Deere Financial), Bret Thomas (vice president and global business head, Xerox Financial Services Group), Patrick Jelly (managing director, Pitney Bowes UK), Professor Rob Macredie (professor of Information Systems and former pro-vice-chancellor at Brunel University), Professor Iwan Davies (pro-vice-chancellor for Internationalisation and External Affairs at Swansea University) and John Bennett (managing director, Hitachi Capital Business Finance) have agreed to become Governors. They join a distinguished group of individuals from across the industry who will join together to help fulfill the Foundation's mission of philanthropy, research and professional development.

Foundation director Peter Thomas says “This latest addition to our group of Governors means we are not only creating a strong presence right across the industry, but also developing our ability to clarify, focus and engage in new thinking around research, education and professional development for the
industry".