A highly experienced, pragmatic, and technically strong banker and risk professional, operating at the sharp end of the industry for over 40 years covering all aspects from dedicated client management and team leadership to the adjudication of complex transactional credit involving both Enterprise risk and Wholesale counterparties in plain vanilla as well as leveraged deals both bilaterally and syndicated. Expertise includes market and operational risk dynamics.Experienced across a full spectrum of businesses, has seen first hand many industries and sectors and worked closely with entrepreneurs, owner managers as well as C-suite Executives to support business aims, growth and aspirations. Experienced in private equity led transactions. Has managed and influenced challenging lending propositions including those that required remedial and patient care. Has also handled market risk in the Hedge fund and fund manager segments. Experience embraces the two worst periods of severe economic strain in recent memory in both UK and N.A. stemming from the 2008 recession and Covid related.Has formed and led teams whose focus was to manage customer relations as well as to support business development and growth; achieved in a number of different situations invariably with successful outcomes here in the UK and in Canada. Knowledge and leadership in a mix of different situations and disciplines in banking has proven invaluable.
Listed skills include Banking, Credit Risk, Change Management, Commercial Banking, and 11 others.