Agenda

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Registration
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Welcome and Opening briefing - Commercial and regulatory opportunities and challenges for EU auto and equipment finance industry
Speaker
Edward Peck
Founder
Asset Finance Connect
Identifying and implementing sustainable and commercial business models: leaders’ imperative for the emerging environment-focused landscape
Speaker
Benedikt Middendorf
Director, Automotive Mobility
Deloitte
Winds of change in the European Commission: what happens when commercial reality clashes with sustainability dreams
Speaker
Richard Knubben
Director General
Leaseurope
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Leaders’ panel: does the panel buy into the commercial opportunities from sustainability? How will tech help to drive up margins and turn that dream into a reality?
Speakers
Richard O'Donohue
Senior Director, WW Strategic Partnerships
Dell Technologies
John Saffrett
Group Deputy CEO
Ayvens
Mathilde Saint-Pol
Managing Director, TMF France
Econocom
Andrew Flegg
Chief Technology Officer
Alfa
Mike Janse
Chief Operating Officer and a.i. Chief Executive Officer
DLL
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Morning refreshment break
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Stream 1 Equipment finance: Battery regulation and large wheeled assets; turning environmental reporting into a business opportunity

Impact of Batteries Regulation on commercial vehicle OEMs/finance providers

John Rees Community Head, Equipment Finance Asset Finance Connect

François Millot Head of Retail Finance EMEA CNHI Capital

GHG Reporting and Taxonomy – Moving from Compliance Mode to Business Opportunity

Ian Robertson Executive Director Invigors

Fernando Martin Head of Finance Partnerships & Special Projects Siemens Healthineers

Gerrit-Jan Bas Managing Director PACCAR Financial Europe (DAF Trucks)

François Millot Head of Retail Finance EMEA CNHI Capital

Speakers
Ian Robertson
Executive Director
Invigors
François Millot
Head of Retail Finance EMEA
CNHI Capital
John Rees
Community Head, Equipment Finance
Asset Finance Connect
Fernando Martin
Head of Finance Partnerships & Special Projects
Siemens Healthineers
Gerrit-Jan Bas
Managing Director
PACCAR Financial Europe (DAF Trucks)
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Stream 2 Auto Finance: Battery technology and consumer choice: who pays for the transition to BEV?

Battery technology and consumer choice: when will the financial rationale for owning an EV become a reality?

Benedikt Middendorf, Director, Deloitte Consulting

Euan McTurk, Consultant Battery Electrochemist, Plug Life Consulting (downstream - battery specialist).

Who pays? Malus and bonus for the asset finance industry in driving the transition from ICE to BEV

John Saffrett, Group Deputy CEO, Ayvens Brit Schönenberger, Managing Director, Schoenenberger Advisory Services

Speakers
Benedikt Middendorf
Director, Automotive Mobility
Deloitte
Dr Euan McTurk
Consultant Battery Electrochemist
Plug Life Consulting Ltd
John Saffrett
Group Deputy CEO
Ayvens
Brit Schönenberger
Managing Director
Schoenenberger Advisory Services
David Betteley
Community Head, Auto Finance
Asset Finance Connect
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Lunch
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Why banks are considering their investment in asset finance
Speakers
Bill Stephenson
Global CEO
PEAC Solutions
John Rees
Community Head, Equipment Finance
Asset Finance Connect
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Round table discussions

Roundtable 1

What is the role of asset finance companies in sustainability. Lead or follow?

Moderators:

Jochen Jehmlich, Former CEO, SGEF

Patrick Gouin. Executive Director, Invigors

Sponsored by Acquis 

Roundtable 2

Anything as a service – understanding the technology and strategic priorities

Moderators:

Francois Millot, Head of Retail Finance EMEA, CNHI Capital

John Pearce, SVP of Product for Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS), Odessa 

John Rees, Equipment Finance Community Head,  Asset Finance Connect

Sponsored by Odessa

Roundtable 3

How to make green profitable: balancing sustainability ambitions with financial objectives

Moderators:

Nick Feasey, Executive Director, Invigors 

Richard Dewire, Chief Revenue Officer, Alfa

Roundtable 4

EU/China challenge : driving sustainability and retaining competitiveness during the ICE BEV transition

Moderators:

Brit Schönenberger, Managing Director, Schoenenberger Advisory Services

John Saffrett, Group Deputy CEO, Ayvens

David Betteley, Auto Finance Community Head, Asset Finance Connect

Euan McTurk, Consultant Battery Electrochemist, Plug Life Consulting Ltd

Roundtable 5

Bank margins and the opportunity to use sustainability reporting as a commercial opportunity

Moderators:

Bill Stephenson, Global CEO, PEAC Solutions

Ian Robertson, Executive Director, Invigors

Jason Hurwitz, Sales Director, Europe, NETSOL Technologies

Speakers
Brit Schönenberger
Managing Director
Schoenenberger Advisory Services
Jochen Jehmlich
Former CEO at
SGEF
John Rees
Community Head, Equipment Finance
Asset Finance Connect
David Betteley
Community Head, Auto Finance
Asset Finance Connect
Edward Peck
Founder
Asset Finance Connect
Carmen Ene
CEO
BNP Paribas 3 Step IT
Ian Robertson
Executive Director
Invigors
Bill Stephenson
Global CEO
PEAC Solutions
Dr Euan McTurk
Consultant Battery Electrochemist
Plug Life Consulting Ltd
Richard O'Donohue
Senior Director, WW Strategic Partnerships
Dell Technologies
Jason Hurwitz
Sales Director, Europe
NETSOL Technologies
Patrick Gouin
Executive Director
Invigors
Dr Simon Engelke
Founder & Chair
Battery Associates
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Afternoon refreshment break
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Managing margin in banks: strategic and technology priorities
Speakers
John Rees
Community Head, Equipment Finance
Asset Finance Connect
Jason Hurwitz
Sales Director, Europe
NETSOL Technologies
Jochen Jehmlich
Former CEO at
SGEF
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What are the key take-aways from participants at the conference?
Speakers
Ian Robertson
Executive Director
Invigors
Jochen Jehmlich
Former CEO at
SGEF
Chris Kirby
CEO
Tomorrow's Journey
Brit Schönenberger
Managing Director
Schoenenberger Advisory Services
Richard O'Donohue
Senior Director, WW Strategic Partnerships
Dell Technologies
Carmen Ene
CEO
BNP Paribas 3 Step IT
Richard Dewire
Chief Revenue Officer
Alfa
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Closing remarks
Speakers
Edward Peck
Founder
Asset Finance Connect
John Rees
Community Head, Equipment Finance
Asset Finance Connect
David Betteley
Community Head, Auto Finance
Asset Finance Connect
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Drinks reception

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Dinner