As the Auto Finance Summit draws nearer, the list of exceptional speakers grows deeper as we welcome more seasoned professionals to the industry’s premiere event, slated for Oct. 22- 24.

Doug Timmerman, regional vice president at Ally Financial, and Ian Anderson, president of Westlake Financial Services, join senior executives from Bank of America Dealer Financial Services, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., and BMW Financial Services on the Executive Dialogue session. Panelists will dive into topics like discipline in the face of percolating competition, managing margin compression, and identifying new products and growth opportunities.

In a session about staying compliant amid rising regulatory demands, Dan Earles, national manager of enterprise compliance for Toyota Financial Services, and Mike Logozzo, general manager of operations for BMW Financial, will tackle issues like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and fair lending laws.

Tom Bennert, commercial chief risk officer of Global Automotive Services at Ally Financial, will participate in a session highlighting floorplan and commercial lending. The session will cover topics like how to manage risk without losing margin and defining your value proposition for dealers. He will join Brian Fallon, senior vice president of commercial lending services at General Motors Financial, for the informative panel discussion.

Other speakers include:

• George Borst, president and chief executive of Toyota Financial Services
• Charles Bradley Jr., president and CEO at Consumer Portfolio Services
• Andrew Kang, director of capital markets at Santander Consumer USA
• Jonathan Banks, senior director of data services at NADA
• Jim Landy , president and CEO at CarFinance
• Michael Benoit, partner at Hudson Cook
• Mark Edelman, partner at McGlinchey Stafford 
• Ricky Beggs, managing editor for Black Book
• Ken Rojc, partner at Nisen & Elliott 
• Bill Strauss, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

To see the entire speaker faculty or register for the Summit, check out www.autofinancesummit.com.