Simon Corbett Email & Phone Number

Reading, Gb

Reading, Gb

United Kingdom

LGFS are the Lenovo finance specialists involved with the sale and development of managed services via DaaS, PCaaS, Usage, and Leasing arrangements. The role includes: legal contract negotiation, funder sale of receivable / assignment structures, pricing, cross border, in country, external and self-funded transactions, treasury + tax + accounting + CFO liaison, complex deal negotiation, partner management, support to new and existing WW global deals, managing of run rate contracts, internal and external customer negotiations, support to WW sales, operations & senior management, thought leadership, rate indexation, capability development and geographical coverage etc… Numerous complex transactions with up to 96 countries supported in global master or managed service agreements.

Uk, Emea & International

All aspects of managing the EMEA Lenovo customer financing programme including managing third party funder relationships and contracts. Managing 15+ full time LFS sales team and a number of others in 20+ countries served. Global funding beyond EMEA into NAM, LATAM, APAC for Global Accounts, Large Enterprise, Public Sector, Mid Market, SMB. Funding of EMEA service agreements with outcome based conclusions - DaaS, Capacity, Inventory Funding etc. Providing business and new product development Internationally.

Areas Of Interest

I have been involved in UK, EMEA and Global arrangements with; • Finance & Leasing for Lenovo, Siemens, Dell, Agilent, Avaya and numerous other equipment suppliers• Sector focuses: IT, managed services funding, manufacturing, industry, energy, building technologies, machine tool, medical, transportation / auto sectors - including. lighting, turbines, meters, renewables, CHP, AD, Biomass, EfW, energy savings, traffic management, heating & ventilation, security, building management technologies, PC, Server, Data Centre, Software• Involved with Lease, Soft Loan, Asset Backed, Managed Services, Receivables, Energy Performance Contracts, Structured & Project Finance (funds/debt to businesses directly, via EPC, JV's, ESCO's & SPC's) • Deep specialism with supplier financing programs in EMEA - IT, software, test and measurement, telecoms, commercial mortgages, stocking, and leisure equipment. Early years in motor, small marine vessels and many other business assets• Strategic marketing, consulting and management experience in Europe - sales and administration leadership, business improvement, new market entry, marketing and training, competitor analysis etc• Geographical knowledge beyond EMEA & UK - Europe, Eastern Europe, North America / USA. Involvement in India, Russia, ME, South Africa, China and Asia• Extensive staff management in environments which are fast paced, new or growing and restructuring

National / Uk

A voluntary networking organisation - The Leasing Foundation supports the industry, provides focus, promotes charitable activities, researches areas that impact the industry, seeks to sustain the industry and develop people.

National / Uk

Working with the Siemens captive / supplier acting in a relationship manager and business development capacity. I provide the single point of contact for the Siemens UK businesses for their customer financing opportunities and initiatives. Also, Provide finance for all Siemens products and customers using Machine Tools, Trucks / Trailers Construction, Buses, Energy Management or Efficiency and other traditional assets. Also I am looking for Siemens related or market finance opportunities. Open to introductions for quality, investment (or near) investment grade asset and structured finance business - via professional introducers on an informal basis. Feel free to call 07808 828525Active in Manufacturing, Industry, Energy, Building Tech/BMS Sectors - using Lease, Loan, HP, Receivable or Embedded Lease & Structured / Project Finance. Also provide embedded funding within Siemens EnPC's (energy performance contracts), managed services and also direct leases into Siemens businesses.

National / Uk

Developing and growing new markets in new energy related sectors; Energy Savings / Efficiency, Green Inititives, Energy Generation, Distribution, Low Carbon, Renewables, Energy from Waste, Building Management (HVAP, Controls, Security, Fire Safety), AD, Wind Turbines, Metering, Solar PV, City Urbanisation and other initiatives. Finance for companies, (or with) invest to save customers, EPC’s (Energy Performance Contracting) , Energy Management, ESCO’s, Systems Integrators (managed services & performance contracts). Providing receivable finance, asset and structured asset finance, leasing, soft loans. Working with companies direct, professional brokers / advisors / intermediaries, vendors, banks, other introducers and Siemens - either funding or helping construct financial solutions. Networking within related bodies, utilities, associations, companies and communities. Familiar or involved with current Govt green policies & agenda covering the likes of DECC, GIB, Green Deal, ReFit etc. Leasing asociations and Leasing Foundation etc.

National / Uk

Responsible for growing the Siemens captive finance / leasing / debt finance in the UK. Put SFS back into the 3rd party wholesale / receivable purchase market place, brought in staff as a seperate unit.Built and hired the sales team dedicated to the Siemens programme and entered the wholesale / receivables market. Recruited senior sales people. Identified and qualified Siemens sectors / routes to market / products and services required. Networked throughout the whole Siemens group in the UK. Built a substantial pipeline of asset and project / debt finance opportunities within the industry and energy sectors.Operating in the Energy / Industry / BMS / Healthcare Sectors, Some IT. Lease, Loan, HP, Receivable, Embedded Lease & Structured / Project Finance. Ideally hunting £1m+ asset finance and c£15m+ project finance / debt opportunities.Achievements;• Turned around "challenged relationships" and created excellent new relationships with all the main Siemens operating companies at all levels of management and sales. This is a massive diversified business and cannot be understood in normal vendor finance terms • Responsible for entering wholesale finance (non Siemens 3rd party programmes) and growing the mid ticket finance capability - utilising sale of software receivables / wholesale funding models. c£58m yr1• Trebled finance business with Siemens Systems Integrator to £20m+• Hunted and introduced energy transactions for Siemens Bank (Biomass and Wind Power Generation) leading to closed business c£65m (debt finance)• Articles written for trade press and magazines, presented at and worked with association e.g. low carbon, FLA, Leasing Life, Siemens events etc.• Introduced SFS to the Carbon Trust tender which was eventually won creating a new business segment for SFS

Uk & Europe (E&W)

Services for the Asset Finance & Leasing community - Advisors, consultancy, training, marketing, market research, accountancy and tax assistance throughout Europe and beyond. Plus general sales (B2B), business and management advisory. In house training and staff development, communications and management programmes.

Europe

Manufacture and provision of point of sale/workflow software facilitating the configuration, quotation, application, authorisation, processing, booking of leasing and equipment sales. Creating virtual leasing programmes, managing funders and assisting with vendor sales.

Europe

Managing a division & P&L of a finance/ leasing company, responsible for 3 private label/ vendor programmes selling leasing and finance via vendors spread throughout Europe and beyond. Staff in Europe responsible for sales and sales support / admin

Uk, Ireland, Europe & Global Liason

Management of three divisions within Dell Financial Services, focussed upon the Global Account Customers (based EMEA), the UK and Ireland. Each divisions selling leasing directly to customers procuring IT equipment. Up to 20 sales and sales support / admin staff

Uk

Various asset and bank based finance roles/responsibilities within Finance Companies, Branch Network, National Accounts (Major Accounts), Network Services/ Full Service Leasing. F&I & Staff Training, Underwriting, Stocking, Commercial Loans & Mortgages, Marine, Business, SME, Consumer, POS Finance, PC Contract Hire etc.