Experience

Blazehill Capital

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  I lead all aspects of Blazehill Capital - a special situations focused lender, supporting mid-market businesses with secured debt solutions. I lead all aspects of Blazehill Capital - a special situations focused lender, supporting mid-market businesses with secured debt solutions.



Wells Fargo Capital Finance

• • Jun 2019 - Apr 2021

• • Apr 2016 - Apr 2021

  Wells Fargo Capital Finance delivers bespoke funding structures to a wide spectrum of mid- to large corporates, providing comprehensive asset-based lending, technology finance, and supply chain finance. We work with public and private UK-based companies, in addition to US and Canadian businesses, and multinational businesses with operations in the UK, Western Europe, the US, Canada, and beyond.As part of Wells Fargo & Company, a leading financial services provider with a long-standing reputation for strength and stability, we can offer access to a range of products and services aimed at helping companies succeed. Show less



GE Capital

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Apr 2014 - Apr 2016

  Responsible for originating and closing all new business opportunities across the Manchester region.GE is the largest independent ABL funding provider in the UK with assets in excess of £1 billion advanced to our clients across a wide variety of industry sectors.GE provides ABL funding structures to support businesses throughout their lifecycle. Providing funding to initial start-ups, to meet growth and acquisition plans, through to M&A, MBO/MBI transactions and business restructures such as refinancing & turnarounds. Show less

• • Feb 2012 - Apr 2014

  Responsible for GE Capital’s Commercial Portfolio Team with full accountability for $1.2Bn Assets, $800M Investments & 400+ Customers. Leading the portfolio team of 14 client managers across the UK to deliver against current G&O’s in a challenging economic environment. Successfully maintaining attrition levels below 8%, growing income by an additional £2M & successfully realising full recoveries from all insolvency scenarios.

• • Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Responsible for all GE Capital's Watch list accounts under new EMEA policy. Ensuring ‘high risk/special mention’ assets maintain enhanced collateral management, delivering robust risk mitigation strategies to minimising credit losses.Lead team of 21 field based Business Analysts conducting collateral & financial client reviews.

• • Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Spent 4 years working within the Risk team managing a portfolio of large complex lending, £75M total Investment across 60 clients, gaining comprehensive experience in risk management having been involved in a number of complex client workouts and successful restructurings of existing client facilities.