Robert E. George

Prior to founding the Chesterfield Group, Mr. George enjoyed a career in the financial services industry, most recently with a large equipment finance company, GATX Capital Corporation. At GATX, he held numerous positions, including Managing Director.

For nearly two decades, Mr. George headed up GATX's program of partnerships and joint ventures, through which they participated with institutional investors in the purchase and lease of large ticket assets costing a total of approximately $3 billion. During this time he structured and/or managed various kinds of Collaborative Business Structures with such major companies as

State Farm Insurance Cos. Illinois Tool Works Portland General Electric SunAmerica Sequa Corporation Pittway Corporation Lloyds TSB Bank Halifax Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland Phoenix Home Life

Heller Financial Cargill Leasing NationsBank (now Bank of America) Nichimen Corporation Sanwa Bank Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Kanematsu Corporation Swiss Air Credit Lyonnais

Mr. George is a graduate of Oregon State University and the Harvard Business School.