Marguerite Watanabe, president of Connections Insights, has spent her career cultivating relationships within the auto-finance arena and now works to “share back” her experiences and connections.

Over the 20+ years in the industry, Marguerite has held a diverse set of roles. Prior to forming Connections Insights in 2006, Marguerite headed the auto-finance practice at BenchMark Consulting International and the sales efforts at Equifax as senior vice president for the automotive division. At BarNone, a dealer marketing and non-prime financing company, Marguerite focused on building strategic partners for the company. Additionally, she spent ten years with Nissan North America and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation in the USA and Japan.