Amembal & Associates serves the ever-changing needs of the international leasing community. In fact, Amembal is the only constant in the rapidly changing world of equipment leasing.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Sudhir P. Amembal is Chairman and CEO of Amembal & Associates. He began his professional career in lease education, consulting and publications by co-founding Amembal & Isom in 1978, the first entity in the world to serve the global leasing industry.

Entities under his stewardship became the world’s most highly respected training and consulting firms in the field of equipment leasing. These entities have trained over 60,000 leasing professionals throughout the world. Mr. Amembal has conducted technical presentations on leasing in over 60 countries. He currently focuses on emerging lease economies.

As a government advisor, Mr. Amembal has spearheaded lease consultancy engagements, conducted on behalf of the governments of Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Estonia, Indonesia, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia. These engagements required him to review the overall leasing industry in each country and devise strategic recommendations to facilitate the growth of the industry. His most recent assignment was to assist in the introduction of operating leases into Bangladesh.

He has co-authored 16 books on leasing: Operating Leases: The Complete Guide (published by Amembal and Associates, 2000), International Leasing: The Complete Guide (published by Amembal and Associates, 2000), The Handbook of Equipment Leasing (published by A&H, 1995), Lease Securitization (published by A&H, 1994), A Guide to Accounting for Leases (published by A&H, 1992), Equipment Leasing: A Complete Handbook (published by McGraw Hill, 1992) Leasing Applications for the HP-12C (published by A&H, 1991), Leasing Applications for the HP-17B (published by A&H, 1991), The Handbook of Equipment Leasing (published by A&H, 1988), Guide to Captive Finance Company Equipment Leasing (published jointly by A&H and the AAEL, 1984), Handbook of Leasing: Techniques and Analysis (published by Petrocelli Books, Inc., 1982), Leasing Series Applications for the HP-12C Calculator (published by Hewlett Packard Inc., 1982), Lease Payment Tables (published by Vestigrowth 2000, 1982), and Leasing For Profit (published by American Management Association's Extension Institute, 1980).

Most recently he published the Asian Leasing Yearbook: 2006; and a self-study guide entitled Winning With Leasing!

He has appeared as a keynote speaker at numerous domestic and international conferences. He has addressed conventions held by all four of the global regional associations – African Leasing Association, Asialease, Leaseurope, and the Latin American Leasing Association. He serves as the Patron as well as a member of the Governing Council of the African Leasing Association. He has chaired each of the annual World Leasing Conventions from 1993 to date including the 2009 recently held convention in London.

He is the publisher of an online global magazine, WorldLeasingnNews.com and he serves as an advisor to Sigma Consultancy, a global provider of lease management software.

Born in Bangalore, India, he now lives with his wife, Kiran, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.