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Richard Van Leeuwen

Former EVP, Chief Risk Officer
Ford Motor Credit Company
Member of the Financial Services Council

Richard "Rich" Van Leeuwen retired from Ford Motor Credit Company in August 2006 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Over a 32 year career at the firm, he held a number of senior operating and staff positions, including overseas postings in Europe and Asia. In Europe he was Managing Director of the UK, Ireland and South Africa. In Asia he was Regional VP responsible for the Asia Pacific Credit Operations. Mr. Van Leeuwen established the first- ever captive loan syndication between the automotive captive finance companies. He started RouteOne, a joint venture between Ford Credit, GMAC, Chrysler Financial and Toyota Credit, to manage the credit applications for automotive lenders in North America. Mr. Van Leeuwen was the Chairman of the Board for that entity until his retirement. He has served on other Boards and Audit, Compensation and Marketing Committees. Mr. Van Leeuwen now provides consulting services specializing in consumer and commercial credit. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2003 - 2006 EVP, Chief Risk Officer
Ford Motor Credit Company
1999 - 2003 VP, Major Accounts
Ford Motor Credit Company
1996 - 1999 Managing, Dir Britain
Ford Motor Credit Co.
1993 - 1996 VP, Asia Pacific
Ford Motor Credit Co.
1990 - 1993 Rg. Mgr-SW Region
Ford Motor Credit Co.

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Not All Credit Inquiries Are Created Equal | 08-28-2008
Analysis of: Lenders reject multiple credit applications | www.guardian.co.uk
Author: Richard Van Leeuwen, Former EVP, Chief Risk Officer, Ford Motor Credit Company

The current environment affords lenders an opportunity to attain good margins on new business contracted.  Therefore, it would be a bad decision to pass business simply because the applicant has a number of recent inquiries in his credit bureau report.  More discrimination...

Don't Blame FICO For Your Credit Losses | 05-15-2008
Analysis of: Will Fair Issac FICO score get kicked to the curb? | thestockmasters.com
Author: Richard Van Leeuwen, Former EVP, Chief Risk Officer, Ford Motor Credit Company

The FICO score is a valuable component in the underwriting process.   However, if a lender uses it to the exclusion of other standard industry best practices, the result will be an under performing portfolio.  Create a sound, comprehensive underwriting process and new...

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