Experience

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  Mazda Motor Europe

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Director

    • May 2017 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

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  Mazda Motors Europe GmbH

  • Director

    • Apr 2017 - Present

    Head of Mazda Wholesale and Structured Finance - responsible for delivering Mazda dealer wholesale/receivable financing solutions Worldwide on multiple funding structures including recently developing bespoke and industry first securitisation and structured finance solutions managing €2billion in credit limits across twelve markets. Responsibilities include: Strategy, Treasury, Accounting treatments, Credit and Operational Risk, It, Governance and Audit, Legal, Product Development and Structuring, Insurance, P&L and budget.

  • Senior Manager, Mazda Wholesale Finance

    • Oct 2015 - Present

    Head of Mazda Wholesale Finance - The team delivering Mazda's own European dealer wholesale/receivable financing solution and managing €0.6billion in credit limits across ten markets. Responsibilities include: Strategy, Credit and Operational Risk, Treasury, It, Governance and Audit, Legal, Product Development and Structuring, Insurance, P&L and budget.

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  Mazda Motor Europe

  • Financing and Risk Manager

    • Jul 2008 - Oct 2015

    Since 2008 I have conducted finance acquisition, credit risk management and bank relationship management for Mazda - principally negotiating, structuring & documenting and project leading the acquisition of approximately €500million in dealer wholesale financing (with associated retail financing) in UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Now Manager of Mazda's self financing wholesale operations in 7 markets in Europe.

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  Worldwide Trade Finance

  • Business, Risk and Operations Manager

    • 1999 - 2008

    Prior to 2008 I worked in various Management roles in Worldwide Trade Finance including: Risk Manager with responsibility for risk management of up to €2billion trade financing portfolio; Regional Business Development Manager for South America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine; and Operations Manager with a team of up to 30 managing the new business processing and collections.