We’d love you to meet the experts in working capital and liquidity. Our team are business people, first and foremost with solid financial expertise behind them. Our single focus is to fund and deliver flexible working capital solutions that fit your business needs and deliver tangible benefits to you and your supply chain.
Every Woodsford TradeBridge facility comes with our straightforward pledge:
We will treat you fairly with no hidden fees, no lock-ups and no fuss.
Our team are business people, first and foremost with a solid financial expertise behind us. Our single focus is to fund and deliver flexible working capital solutions that fit your business needs and deliver tangible benefits to you and your supply chain.
Background:
Mark's 17 year career with Siemens can best be described as ‘varied’. Starting as a commercial graduate he held a number of operational and senior level roles in finance, supply chain and IT; making him (we think) the perfect guy to understand how Supply Chain Finance can best meet your needs. What's not to love about Supply Chain Finance?
"I just keep thinking about how many problems I could have solved in my career if I had access to a Woodsford TradeBridge supplier early payment programme". Facts about Mark:
Background:
Jonathan is a chartered accountant having learnt his craft and earned his ACA qualification at KPMG’s London office. He still doesn’t quite know how he ended up here, having started out in Forensic Toxicology after university. What I love about Woodsford
I enjoy the fluidity and flexibility of SCF with constantly innovative solutions being devised to help clients. Facts about Jonathan:
Background:
Arnaud holds a Master's Degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de
Marseille, France as well as an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the
London School of Economics. He has also completed his CFA qualification.
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge:
I am exposed to so many different types of businesses in this role, so it's
great learning about the industry sectors and the strategies our clients put
in place to succeed.
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Background
Nabila has a Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting from IAE (business school) of Nice along with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Having worked at BNP Paribas in France for 2 years as a Credit Risk Analyst she then progressed to Risk Manager at URICA who provide invoice discounting and SCF. After a successful two and a half years there she has now joined the Woodsford Tradebridge team.
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge
At Woodsford Tradebridge I feel much closer to the clients. I am exposed to businesses across a wide range of industries and work hard to understand their past and present to be able to make a positive impact on their future.
Facts about Nabila
Background:
A BSc in Business and Management, Moses began his career working in France before joining Woodsford in early 2018 – which mean he fits in just fine in an office full of Francophiles!
Working in the Operations team, Moses brings commercial awareness and plenty of expertise in client services. His diligent and conscientious manner supporting the Woodsford Tradebridge clients has ensured he has become a “go to” team member for our clients.
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge:
It’s great to speak with so many Clients whose goals become a reality with just a little help from one of our financial products!
Facts About Moses:
Background:
Edward worked at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for 8 years progressing through a range of analyst roles for both SME and Corporate sector and eventually moving into relationship management. At the beginning of 2019 he relocated to the UK where he was soon snapped up for the Woodsford Tradebridge team!
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge:
Whilst my new team is growing, it is small compared to a corporate enviroment. This means that we work very closely together, and our decisions and our opinions really count, and we make a big impact on our clients.
Facts About Edward:
Edward is another well travelled team member - he's been to over 20 countries and is still counting! And when he has any spare time, he is a dog walker.
Background
Jenny started her career with HSBC working her way up to a senior commercial role. After some time working in the Foreign Exchange industry and in a commercial role for the corporate arm of a charity, Jenny progressed her career to corporate finance, specialising in cash flow and working capital solutions
What I Love About Working Capital Solutions
It’s fantastic to work with businesses to improve their cash flow, allowing them greater flexibility with their suppliers and clients, and ultimately adding value to their bottom line. I enjoy seeing our customers benefit from our facilities by winning contracts they might otherwise not have got.
Interesting Facts About Me:
Seb has worked in Asset Based Lending (ABL) for 10 years, initially on the portfolio side before moving into new business development. In his previous role he was responsible the management and origination of new business for the Healthcare Division of his employers ABL book. As a student of the industry he won the ‘Asset Based Finance Association - Student of the Year Award - 2017’
Background:
Andy has spent his career providing financial services to the pharmacy sector and starting his own companies - including co-founding Woodsford RxBridge. If you have a question about the retail pharmacy industry, Andy is your go to man. What I love about Woodsford
It is a true family business that's both extremely professional and has the air of independence and fun about it. The team are amazing and they get things done! Facts about Andy:
Background
ChiChi began her career in finance working at the First Bank of Nigeria in the City, focused on the Know Your Customer and Quality Assurance processes. She later moved into business development, working with the property team to help grow the lending portfolio and assist with managing relationships for the bank's existing clients. After that, she moved into Commercial Finance working in the Sales Operations team focused on closing deals that provided flexible facilities to assist UK SME's with their growth plans.
What I love about Rx Bridge:
I am excited to be working on such an effective working capital solution, on that genuinely assist pharmacies in the UK. As this dynamic industry continues to change and develop, I am proud to be supporting the growth of community Pharmacies in the UK.
Interesting Facts About Me:
ChiChi loves travelling and learning about different cultures, a recent favorite trip being to Sweden. She has previously lived in both Holland and Germany and intends to visit every country in the world! She is also a fashion addict and a keen supporter of live music.
Background:
Amer has an extensive banking and commodities background, with over 20 years’ experience in finance, risk management and physical commodity trading, with particular emphasis on sugar and coffee. Before joining Woodsford TradeBridge he worked as Head of Sugar Risk at global tradehouse ED&F Man, and set up the Middle East sugar trading operation at Cofco International.
What I love about Woodsford
The best bit is originating new deals and helping our customers with their liquidity and working capital management. I like that nowadays I get to work with businesses across such a variety of different commodities and deal types – there’s never a dull moment!
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Background:
Grant was quick to spot the opportunity of the London FinTech scene back in 2012 and has since taken advantage of his consulting experience and passion for SME's to develop supply chain finance solutions that are tailored to the business needs of each client.
What's not to love about supply chain finance?
I've spoken with many, many businesses that are tired of invoice discounting facilities with hidden fees that don't meet their business needs. Tradebridge have torn up the rule book and created an innovative finance solution that I love surprising people with.
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Background:
Murray has been selling and delivering complex financial solutions to large corporate customers in the UK and Australia for over 30 years. He has worked for some of the biggest names in the commercial finance, although he says having been acquired by GE twice in his career, is quite enough thank you! What's not to love about supply chain finance?
If only I had known about this earlier, I could have helped many a customer! Facts about Murray:
Background:
Drew has over 20 years business development and relationship management experience within the UK corporate environment. He has worked for some of the largest local and foreign financial institutions in various management roles.
What I love about Woodsford
Finance that is unsecured and on call, what's not to like? It is a great solution to help your suppliers and working capital needs.
Facts about Drew
Background
Rob started his career in finance working for Natwest in Central London as a Analyst and then Relationship Manager. In 2008 he joined HSBC and has spent the last 10 years working with international businesses, first as a Relationship Manager then specialising in structured Trade Finance working capital solutions. ```rob has over 15 years of commercial finance, credit and risk management experience.
What I Love About Woodsford Tradebridge
Having seen lending appetite reduce at the high street banks and decision making take too long, I am excited to be working for such an agile and innovative lender who can provide supply chain finance to companies historically unable to access such solutions.
Facts about Rob:
Originally wanted a career as a professional basketball player in the NBA - despite being just 5'8"
Ran two marathons in two weeks in 2015 (Paris and London) has not run since.
Background
Prior to joining the Woodsford Group, Zhijian was the head of soft commodities at ED&F Man Group, in the London, New York and Singapore offices. Zhijian holds a Masters degree from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University. He is a CFA Charter Holder and the author of “China 88 – The real China and how to deal with it” (English) and “Investment wisdom of a little tortoise” (Mandarin).
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge
Years of experience in the commodity trading industry taught me that many companies desperately need working capital to finance their growth, and yet there are all kinds of reasons they are unable to get it from banks at a reasonable cost. At Woodsford Tradebridge I am able to bridge that gap and in Singapore, a trading hub that hosts almost all the major trading houses in the world, I am excited to be in the right place at the right time.
Facts about Zhijian
Zhijian is a regular media contributor on economic matters (Business Times, Reuters, Economic Times, Lianhe Zaobao) and he has more than 100,000 followers on his social media networks in China. He is also a very popular podcaster “Wu Zhijian’s evidentialist channel”.
Background
Stephanie has had a varied & successful career in technology, specialising in asset-based finance, leasing, reconciliations and digital marketing solutions. She has worked with some of the largest most successful brands in the world, whilst being a leader in businesses that were both established players and hypergrowth scale-ups racing to dominate the market.
Stephanie holds a physics degree from Imperial College and a neuroscience PhD from Oxford University.
What I love about working for Woodsford Tradebridge
My own entrepreneurial journey showed me that many companies with great products and terrific execution get derailed by lack of suitable funding. At Woodsford Tradebridge I feel like I am part of a team which understands that growing businesses need innovative ways to get cash injections to realise their potential. Learning about the people and businesses in a personal way helps us figure out who we can help on their journey.
Facts about Stephanie
I rowed in the Oxford Cambridge boat race in 2000 and trekked across the jungle & climbed mount Kinabalu in 2010. I love cross-country skiing in Norway, downhill skiing, long blustery walks with friends, and cycling around town on my Brompton!
BA in Modern Languages (German & French), University of Oxford
Masters in Finance, London Business School
After joining ED&F Man in 2000 Olivier rose to become Director of the US$350m Global Sugar Trading division and a Member of the Board of Directors. Since joining Woodsford in 2009, he has been a founding Director of: Woodsford Capital Management; Piquant Capital; Woodsford Litigation Funding and Woodsford Health.
B. Bus (Business Administration), Monash University
Graduate Diploma, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University
During his 17 year career with Siemens, Mark held a variety of senior management positions in Europe and Asia, successfully launching the Australian Division of Siemens IT Solutions in 2008 as CFO/COO. Mark joined Woodsford Consulting in Sept 2012 before founding Woodsford TradeBridge in April 2013.
BSc in Economics and Law Joint Hons, University College of Wales
Masters in Business Law, City University
With over 30 years’ experience, Robert is one of the most knowledgeable and respected risk management professionals in the UK Asset Based Finance sector. Robert was formerly Head of Risk Management and a Statutory Board Director of the UKs largest SME lender, Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
BSc in Economics & Industrial Relations, London School of Economics
Mark joined PWC in 1997, completed his CIMA qualifications and from 2000-04 was a Manager in the Corporate Finance division. Mark joined Woodsford Consulting in 2005, where he is now Managing Director. Mark sits on the Supervisory Board of Dom Development SA; and is a Director of Woodsford Litigation Funding.
