Suzanne Santos joined Hitachi Capital America (HCA) as senior vice president operations & chief credit officer responsible for leading the company’s North American Credit and Operations functions.

Santos brings more than 25 years of experience in risk and operations, most recently with GE Capital as a managing director of Risk Data and Analytics where she led the development of risk analytics, governance and portfolio monitoring routines. Previously, Sue held numerous leadership positions in Risk and Operations, Six Sigma, Underwriting and Portfolio Management.

“We are thrilled that Sue will be bringing her experience and expertise to the HCA leadership team. We look forward to her contributions to the continued growth of HCA.” said Ryan Collison, president and COO of HCA.