ABL Expert Panel
Andrew Rutherford is Executive Director at Centric Commercial Finance, an independent financial services group, focused on delivering event-driven invoice discounting and asset based lending transactions to companies with revenues of more than £1m. Rutherford has a depth of experience gained from senior level sales roles within the asset based lending industry. As a recognised dealmaker, he has developed an extensive network of professional corporate advisers across the UK.
Phil Woodward is Managing Director of Leumi Asset Based Lending (ABL), set up the company in 2006 with its Chief Executive Paul Hird. The Brighton-based company, which is the asset based lending subsidiary of Bank Leumi (UK), has a growing UK regional presence. It operates across a variety of sectors to provide funding in the range £1m to £25m by funding against invoices, stock and plant & machinery, plus trade and property finance via Bank Leumi.
Graham Barber is Business Development and Marketing Director at PNC Financial Services Group, formerly KBC Business Capital. The firm specialises in delivering ABL facilities to companies whose borrowing requirements are in excess of £3m. Barber joined PNC (then KBC) in 2006 as part of the management team who set up the business and his role covers transacting ABL new business in the East of England.
Paul Beveridge is Managing Director of PNC Financial Services Group, formerly KBC Business Capital, the asset based lending division of Belgian banking group KBC Bank NV. The firm specialises in delivering ABL facilities to companies whose borrowing requirements are in excess of £3m. Beveridge is also the chairman of the ABL committee within the Asset Based Finance Association.
Alex Dell is a partner at DLA Piper in London. He leads the structured finance practice which comprises a number of disciplines: asset based lending, consignment and title finance, debt capital markets, receivables financing, securitisation, supply chain finance and warehouse and liquidity facilities. The company primarily acts for UK, European and US commercial banks, their subsidiaries, investment banks, non-bank lenders, issuers and borrowers.
Kate Sharp was appointed Chief Executive of the Factors and Discounters Association (FDA) for Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) in 2003. She has spent the past six years building the capability and the reputation of the Association and developing the range and quality of the services provided in line with the rapid developments of the industry it serves. The ABFA is the body that represents the interests of the asset based finance industry in the UK and Ireland.
Elaine Shelley is responsible for developing new asset based lending valuation work in the UK & Europe for Go Industry (UK). SHe has worked within the asset based lending industry in various risk, audit and valuation roles in GMAC Commercial FIniance and in the professional service firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Baker Tilly. SHe has also provided valuation training and support for UK and European lenders and the ABFA.
Sally Bradshaw is a solicitor with over 20 years experience of commercial finance in the City and leads the commercial finance team at Francis Wilks and Jones LLP. The company specialises in advising many of the UK’s asset based lenders on all aspects of debt finance, security and recovery.
Chris Hawes is director for the RBS Invoice Finance corporate and asset based lending (ABL) division across England and Wales. Chris has worked for RBS Invoice Finance for three years and has been responsible for leading the bank’s ABL team. The RBS Invoice Finance corporate division employs a team which is constantly growing and is responsible for deal origination, underwriting and portfolio management.
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