Time Finance appoint Matthew Ridgley as Asset Manager

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Matthew Ridgley as Asset Manager. Joining with 17 years’ industry experience, Matthew started his career in asset management at Bank of Scotland and Siemens Financial Services before moving into a sub hire auditor role at Lombard Asset Finance. In his most recent position at Aldermore Bank, he was responsible for undertaking the valuation of business assets and managing end of contract disposals.

Time Finance appoint Matthew Ridgley as Asset Manager

Jun 01, 2023

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Matthew Ridgley as Asset Manager. Joining with 17 years’ industry experience, Matthew started his career in asset management at Bank of Scotland and Siemens Financial Services before moving into a sub hire auditor role at Lombard Asset Finance. In his most recent position at Aldermore Bank, he was responsible for undertaking the valuation of business assets and managing end of contract disposals.

ESG Unconference Workshop Summary: What do we need to do to enable the transition from dirty to green assets?

Following the Asset Finance Connect ESG senior leadership interview with Odile de Saivre, CEO of Societe Generale Equipment Finance, and Sacha Balachandran, head of equipment finance at HSBC, sustainability representatives from the equipment finance industry attended a participative workshop to further explore and address the opportunities and challenges associated with funding green assets as we transition to net zero.

ESG Unconference Workshop Summary: What do we need to do to enable the transition from dirty to green assets?

May 30, 2023

Following the Asset Finance Connect ESG senior leadership interview with Odile de Saivre, CEO of Societe Generale Equipment Finance, and Sacha Balachandran, head of equipment finance at HSBC, sustainability representatives from the equipment finance industry attended a participative workshop to further explore and address the opportunities and challenges associated with funding green assets as we transition to net zero.

Martin Bugden joins Bibby Asset Finance to support growth ambitions

Bibby Asset Finance, the asset finance division of Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced a new senior hire in the next stage of its refocused growth strategy to increase lending throughout the UK. This latest appointment follows a series of hires across the team, announced in February of this year. With 15 years of experience in the financial services sector, Martin Bugden joins Bibby Asset Finance as Senior Business Development Manager from his previous role at PCF Bank.

Martin Bugden joins Bibby Asset Finance to support growth ambitions

May 30, 2023

Bibby Asset Finance, the asset finance division of Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced a new senior hire in the next stage of its refocused growth strategy to increase lending throughout the UK. This latest appointment follows a series of hires across the team, announced in February of this year. With 15 years of experience in the financial services sector, Martin Bugden joins Bibby Asset Finance as Senior Business Development Manager from his previous role at PCF Bank.

Thought Leaders

How to raise funds for a finance portfolio

May 18, 2023

Conclusion from Stephen Bassett, head of the Asset Finance Connect UK asset finance community. We have just published the summary and analysis of the Asset Finance Connect conference session focusing on how to raise funds for a finance portfolio, which took place at our December conference. You can read the conference review here.

Appointments

Hampshire Trust Bank expands asset finance division

May 24, 2023

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its middle ticket specialist equipment asset finance division with the appointment of Mike Kilford as sales manager. Kilford has over 25 years of experience in the asset finance industry, spending the past 12 years at Aldermore Bank, working with brokers across the UK. He previously ran his own brokerage for four years.

Leasing Professionals

Asset Finance Connect welcomes Paragon as newest Corporate Member

May 25, 2023

Asset Finance Connect (AFC) is pleased to announce that specialist finance provider Paragon has become our newest Corporate Member. Asset Finance Connect's CEO, Edward Peck, noted, “We are delighted that Paragon has joined AFC as a Corporate Member, bringing invaluable industry experience and knowledge of specialist SME lending to our events, whilst having an active voice in recent debates surrounding the broker-lender channel.