Las Vegas — Organizers of the annual for P&A Leadership Summit announced that Steve Braskamp of Capital One Auto Finance will deliver the evening keynote address at this year’s event, which will be held Sept. 8–9, 2014, at Paris Las Vegas.
Braskamp is director of national sales and originations for Capital One, which is among the industry’s leading noncaptive finance companies. He will welcome P&A Leadership Summit and the Industry Summit attendees on the evening of Monday, Sept. 8 when he delivers the joint keynote address. The evening’s welcome reception will immediately follow.
Rick Hackett, former assistant director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), agreed to speak on Tuesday morning. Hackett was the CFPB’s point man to the automotive industry and supported the agency’s efforts to regulate dealer-arranged sales and financing.
“We are very lucky to have both of these gentleman speak at the P&A Leadership Summit this year. They are both industry veterans with significant expertise and experience in the finance and regulatory segments of the industry,” said David Trinder, advisory board chair and CEO, F&I Administration Solutions. “With all the current concerns and doubts about the initiatives of the CFPB, it will be interesting to hear the perspectives of both of these keynote speakers.”
Braskamp’s 15-year career at Capital One includes leadership positions in several consumer-lending segments. In his current role, he oversees a team of more than 900 associates that generates more than $17 billion in prime, nearprime and subprime auto contracts on an annual basis. Prior to joining the company, Braskamp worked in investment banking and management consulting.
The P&A Leadership Summit is a joint production between P&A and F&I and Showroom magazines. It is scheduled for Sept. 8-9 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel. For more info, visit pa-leadershipsummit.com or contact Eric Gesualdo via email or at (727)-940-5823.
