Leasing Foundation LGBTQ+ Pride celebration

To celebrate Pride month, the Leasing Foundation and the Alfa LGBTQ+ Community will be hosting an event focusing on ‘The Rise of Transphobia’, to be held at Shoosmiths offices on Thursday 29th June. Trans Activist and Speaker, George Evans, and Alfa LGBTQ+ Community Chair, Jamie Thomas, will be discussing the experiences of Trans people in the UK today.

Leasing Foundation LGBTQ+ Pride celebration

Jun 08, 2023

To celebrate Pride month, the Leasing Foundation and the Alfa LGBTQ+ Community will be hosting an event focusing on ‘The Rise of Transphobia’, to be held at Shoosmiths offices on Thursday 29th June. Trans Activist and Speaker, George Evans, and Alfa LGBTQ+ Community Chair, Jamie Thomas, will be discussing the experiences of Trans people in the UK today.

MotoNovo’s GROW network appoints new joint chairs

MotoNovo Finance’s ‘Generating Real Opportunities for Women’ (GROW) network, which promotes the importance of increasing female representation in motor retailing and of creating and delivering career opportunities for women, is living up to its name and growing its membership. It has also appointed a new leadership team to take it to the next level, and in an appropriate diversity move, that leadership is now gender balanced.

MotoNovo’s GROW network appoints new joint chairs

Jun 08, 2023

MotoNovo Finance’s ‘Generating Real Opportunities for Women’ (GROW) network, which promotes the importance of increasing female representation in motor retailing and of creating and delivering career opportunities for women, is living up to its name and growing its membership. It has also appointed a new leadership team to take it to the next level, and in an appropriate diversity move, that leadership is now gender balanced.

Time Finance welcome Ian Shaw to Invoice Finance team

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Ian Shaw as Relationship Manager. Ian joins the Invoice Finance provider with a wealth of experience in the banking and finance industry. He has built a credible career at firms including Clydesdale Bank, Virgin Money and Barclays Bank as a Relationship Manager where his main responsibilities included portfolio risk management, account management and financial analysis.

Time Finance welcome Ian Shaw to Invoice Finance team

Jun 07, 2023

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Ian Shaw as Relationship Manager. Ian joins the Invoice Finance provider with a wealth of experience in the banking and finance industry. He has built a credible career at firms including Clydesdale Bank, Virgin Money and Barclays Bank as a Relationship Manager where his main responsibilities included portfolio risk management, account management and financial analysis.

Thought Leaders

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.

Appointments

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.