Leasing Foundation

The Leasing Foundation ^[1] (The Leasing Industry Philanthropic and Research Foundation Limited), established in 2012,^[2] is a non-profit organisation based in the City of London.

The Leasing Foundation

The Leasing Foundation
Founded	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Founder	Andrew Denton, Peter J. Thomas
Type	Non-profit organisation
Focus	Leasing and asset finance
Location	London, EC2 United Kingdom
Area served	Europe, Asia, Africa
Products	Leasing Foundation Fellows, Diversity and Inclusion, The Asset Finance Observatory, The Leasing Foundation Future Leaders, MA Leasing Asset Finance, Young Business Finance Professionals, The Certified Business Finance Professional (CBFP).
Services	industry research, education, training, professional development, philanthropy
Members	c. 150
Key people	Andrew Denton (co-founder), Carol Roberts (Chair), Peter Thomas (co-founder).
Website	leasingfoundation.org

Mission

The mission of The Leasing Foundation is to support the business finance industry through personal and professional development.

Directors and Fellows

The Directors of the Leasing Foundation represent organisations including Lombard, Siemens Financial Services, Hitachi, Alfa, Aldermore, 1pm, Metro Bank, Wesleyan, Simply Asset Finance, Ricoh Europe and Locke Lord. The patron of the Leasing Foundation is Jonathan Andrew, Group Chief Executive, Siemens Financial Services. The Foundation has over 150 Fellows (as of February 2018) representing finance organisations from across Europe.^[3]