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De Lage Landen Financial Services names Rita
Di Martino EVP & Chief Operating Officer WAYNE, Pa., -- De Lage Landen Financial Services,
a leading international provider of high quality asset-based financing
products, has named Rita Di Martino to the position of Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. She will
report directly to Ronald Slaats, Chairman of the Americas Division
of De Lage Landen International B.V., and serve as a member of the Senior
Leadership Team. In her new capacity, Di Martino will provide
oversight and direction to De Lage Landen’s Shared Services Departments
from a strategic and tactical, as well as a day-to-day operations standpoint.
These departments encompass the Facilities Services,
Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, and Operations
functions, including Collections and Portfolio Management, Litigation
& Recovery, Contract Management and Account Services. Previously,
Di Martino served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer,
Group Manager – Operations & Technology for Fleet Capital Leasing
in Providence, RI, where she held a series of progressively more responsible
positions in her 11 years with the company. Prior
to joining Fleet, she held a number of finance positions. Di Martino is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of
Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Bachelor
of Arts degree in Psychology. She also holds a Master of Business Administration
degree in Finance and MIS from Boston College. De Lage
Landen Financial Services is part of De Lage Landen International B.V.,
an international provider of high-quality asset-based financing products.
The company, headquartered in Eindhoven (the Netherlands), is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Dutch Rabobank Group that has been rated AAA
by the major rating agencies Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. With
offices and joint ventures in 20 countries throughout Europe, the Americas,
Australia and New Zealand, De Lage Landen specializes in asset financing
and vendor finance programs internationally, with a focus on the following
industries: Agriculture and Food, Healthcare, IT, Materials Handling
and Construction Equipment, Office Equipment, Telecom and Bank Outsourcing.
Domestically, the company concentrates on a broad range of leasing and
trade finance products. In 2002
De Lage Landen grew its net profit to $94 million and its balance sheet
to $11.5 billion in assets. CONTACT: Ted Radomile De Lage Landen Financial Services Phone Number: 610 386 5830 Fax Number: 610 386 5840 E-mail: tradomile@leasedirect.com
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