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Thanks to Indri Gjinali, FCI

The Credit Institute of Canada would like
to extend a special thank you to Indri Gjinali, FCI, President of Priority Car Financing in Toronto.

The new look for our “To Your Credit” newsletter is a direct result of the financial support we received from Indri for this project.

Indri came to Canada from Albania about ten years ago. He enrolled in the FCI program and received his FCI in 2005. In a recent meeting, Indri indicated he was very thankful for the training received through the Credit Institute of Canada. It gave him the tools and knowledge to ultimately open his own business. As an expression of his gratitude and appreciation, he offered funding for a CIC project that would provide educational value to our members. The project chosen was updating the look of To Your Credit and creating an on line library for our members.

We plan to create the library by archiving, “To Your Credit” articles in these categories: Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Collections, Credit Risk, Credit Laws, Credit Resources, Industry Analyses, and Professional Development.

Development of a new layout, updated graphics, and archived files involved considerable programming time and expense. Without financial support from Indri, this project would not have been feasible in 2008.

Peter Finlay, FCI - 2nd Vice President

Graduating from University of Toronto in 1978 with a BA degree in Arctic and Periglacial Geology, Peter received his FCI in 1999. His career in the credit field began in 1979 as a bad debt collection manager for the Robert Simpson Company. Over his 30 year career with Simpsons, the Bay, AMP of Canada, Cooper Sporting Goods, Royal Doulton Canada and Export Packers Limited he has completed many roles including New Accounts Manager, Sales Administration Manager, Credit Manager and Finance Manager. He joined the Toronto Chapter of the Credit Institute of Canada in 1989 and since then has held a number of positions on the local chapter board including Treasurer, Vice President and President. He is actively involved in many committees and acts in an ex-officio role on the Executive Board. In 2006, he founded Oak Leaf Credit Services which provides management consulting, credit seminars and operations management to several companies in the GTA. Before being appointed as a National Director to the board of the Credit Institute of Canada in 2007, Peter received his FCI designation in 1999 winning awards for highest marks in Credit Law and Mercantile Credit Management

Pete is married to Liz and together they have three children. They live in a house in Toronto where on a regular basis you can hear the sounds of Scottish bagpipe music wafting from the upper windows. Having gone through coaching his kids in soccer and hockey over several years, with the children grown, Pete has now taken up and is an avid bagpipe player.

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