Richard Van Leeuwen
Ford Motor Credit Company
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)
| 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. |
GLG Study Groups with Richard Van Leeuwen(?)
| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Sub-Prime Auto Lending Experts | 124 |
| Sub-Prime Lending Experts | 561 |
| Former C-level Executives at Large Companies ($500M+ in Sales) Who Are in Member Programs | 1595 |
| Structured Finance Experts | 283 |
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Richard Van Leeuwen(?)
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...
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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