Boating Industry Canada - February 2008

GE CAPITAL SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES NEW CANADIAN VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER FOR MARINE

GE Capital Solutions, Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) has announced that Jocelyn Wyatt has been named Vice President and General Manager, Marine for Canada.

Wyatt joined CDF in 2005 and has executed a number of projects that have improved CDF Canada’s overall customer service offering. This customer expertise, along with her experience leading the National Processing Centre, will prove to be great assets in her new role.

The appointment of a new leader for marine is part of a recent industry realignment for CDF in Canada. “The realignment aims to create an improved customer experience with specialized, industry-focused teams, building efficient processes on every level,” says Peter Ringler, President, CDF Canada.

“Industry focus will allow every part of CDF’s business to understand, support and create solutions for the success of each customer.”

“At CDF we are committed to providing the best customer experience possible by aligning all key customer resources into dedicated industry teams,” said Wyatt. “The CDF Marine

team will be positioned to respond more readily to the unique needs of our Marine customers.”

Wyatt holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University. She joined GE in 1991 and has held various roles across different GE businesses including Mortgage Insurance and GE Energy, both in Canada and the United States. She has been active in the boating industry for many years both as a consumer and member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron.

Additional information about CDF can be found online at HYPERLINK www.ge.com/cdf www.ge.com/cdf. GE Capital Solutions provides leasing, lending and capital investment products and services to help business customers grow. It has over $90 billion in assets, serves more than 1 million clients around the world and is headquartered in Danbury, CT, USA. For more on GE Capital Solutions, go to www.ge.com/capitalsolutions. ●

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