Massoud joined BLME in April 2007 as Director of Corporate Banking. Massoud has many years experience gained across a number of industries, advisory and financial service sectors. He spent 10 years managing investments for global products at ICI/Zeneca, before moving to strategy consultancy with AT Kearney and Integrum. Massoud then moved to financial services when he joined BDIC as a corporate finance advisor and later on becoming involved in structured debt with European American Capital.
Graeme Laing
Head of Leasing
Graeme joined BLME in June 2008 as Senior Leasing Manager, and has since been promoted to Head of Leasing. Prior to this Graeme was European Programmes Manager for CIT Group in Europe, managing various Vendor Finance Programmes across Europe. Graeme began his career with BNP Paribas Lease Group in Scotland, before working for PACCAR Financial Europe in the UK and The Netherlands. Graeme specialises in originating and structuring lease transactions but also has experience in risk and business development.
Mark Jarvis
Senior Leasing Manager
Mark joined BLME in September 2007 as Senior Leasing Manager. Prior to this, Mark worked for a number of institutions including Citigroup, Rabo Bank, ABC, Siemens, Lloyds Bank and Woodchester Credit Lyonnais. Latterly Mark has specialised in asset/equipment management, but he also has experience in originations, risk and business development.
Alice Myers
Property Finance
Alice joined BLME in April 2008 to help establish the risk management function. In 2009 Alice moved to the property team as the banking business expanded. Alice graduated from Oxford and has more than 10 years banking experience working in a variety of internationally facing roles. She started working at the Bank of England and subsequently joined Morgan Stanley as a credit analyst covering a variety of sectors and countries. She speaks French and German.
Jervis Rhodes
Head of Corporate Banking
Jervis graduated from Cambridge University and has spent his career in banking. In 1987 he joined NM Rothschild and was appointed Director in 1999. He moved to Singer & Friedlander in 2003 responsible for acquisition finance, trade finance and corporate banking. In May 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive of Ruffler Bank until its sale. He subsequently joined BLME.
