Senior Management Team

 

 

 

 

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Humphrey joined BLME in August 2006 as Chief Executive Officer.   Humphrey has more than 30 years of banking experience focusing on treasury and global markets and during his career to date has worked at J. Henry Schroder Wagg, Barclays Merchant Bank, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and West LB where he held positions including CEO, Managing Director, General Manager, and Head of Global Financial Markets.   Humphrey is experienced in building new functions and product areas, and has managed start up businesses within both BZW and West LB as well as founding his own business in 2002.

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Richard Williams - Finance Director

Richard joined BLME in January 2007 as Finance Director.  Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 1980, Richard’s early career in Investment Banking was spent with Chase Manhattan, Credit Agricole and Bankers Trust.  He then spent 10 years at Robert Fleming & Co setting up their Global Equities Derivatives business which took him to Tokyo and 3 years in Hong Kong with Jardine Fleming.  Richard also has experience with start up companies and in Private Equity with Legal and General Ventures. 

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Nigel Denison - Executive Director and Head of Markets

Nigel joined BLME in January 2007 as Director and Head of Markets Division.  Prior to this he was Head of European Sales for West LB’s Global Markets Unit which included Treasury, Capital Markets and Emerging Markets.  Nigel began his career at Barclays Merchant Bank, subsequently BZW where he became Head of Trading for Barclays Swaps and Options European business, based in London.  He then spent some time in New York where he took over the derivatives trading operations for Barclays.

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Martin Clements - Head of Credit

Martin joined BLME in May 2007 as Head of Credit Risk.  Prior to this Martin was at the Financial Services Authority working within their Risk Review Department.  Martin began his banking career at Barclays Plc where he became Head of Credit & Research of Barclays Tokyo.  He later joined the WestLB Group where he undertook a number of senior credit risk related roles including Head of Credit for non US corporates before moving on to UFJ International London where he headed up the Credit Risk Department.    

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Mike Kennedy - Head of Risk Management

Mike joined BLME in May 2007 as Head of Risk Management.  Prior to this Mike was at West LB where he was  Head of Business Management with core responsibility for business development support and front office risk management.  Mike has over 20 years experience in finance and started his career at Barclays Bank International and has previously worked for Chemical Bank, Mizuho (then IBJ International) where he was Head of Fixed Income Risk Management and Standard Chartered Bank (London) where he was Chief Financial Officer/Head of Business Management for Global Treasury.

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Patrick Rochette - Head of Structuring and Distribution

Patrick joined BLME in April 2007 as Head of Distribution and Structuring within the Markets division.  Prior to this Patrick was at West LB where he was Head of Sales (Europe and MENA region) for Liability Structuring and Derivatives.  Patrick started his presence in the Middle East as a diplomat in Bahrain after which he changed his career to finance and for more than 20 years he has been covering the MENA region.  Patrick has worked with a variety of international financial institutions in both sales and managerial positions and has worked in London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Geneva.  Patrick is a derivative specialist in FX, interest rates and credit and has also been exposed to Emerging Markets in Eastern Europe and Asia.

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Eugene Van Dongen - Head of Business Development

Eugene joined BLME in May 2007 as Head of Business Development.  Prior to this Eugene was at Schroders Private Bank in Dubai and Zurich where he was Head of Middle East Private Banking.  Eugene started his banking career at Credit Suisse in Zurich and on leaving was in charge of Credit Suisse High Net Worth Individuals in the Middle East. Eugene later joined WestLB Private Bank Schweiz AG in Zurich as Head of Middle East Private Banking, later being appointed Senior Representative in Dubai, and then Head of Corporate and Trade Finance for the Middle East.

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Dr Natalie Schoon - Head of Product Management

Natalie joined BLME in April 2007 as Head of Product Management.  Prior to this Natalie was at Barclays Capital where she worked as a senior consultant on the Basel II programme.  Natalie has worked in international financial organisations such as ABN Amro and Gulf International Bank.  She began her career in Islamic Finance whilst working in Bahrain, Kuwait and Dubai during the 1990’s. Natalie is an accredited trainer for the IFQ exam which she teaches at BPP in London and CCL in Dubai.

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Derek Weist - Director and Head of Corporate Banking

Derek joined BLME in August 2007 as Director and Head of Corporate Banking.  Prior to this Derek was CEO of ABC International Bank’s Islamic Asset Management Division (IAM), managing the Sharia compliant activity in real estate, equipment leasing and ‘alburaq’ UK home financing business having previously been Director of Asset Management with ABC.  Derek began his career as a qualified chartered accountant with Ernst and Young before joining The United Bank of Kuwait Plc in 1992, transferring in 1994 to its Islamic Investment Banking Unit where he helped develop a number of successful Sharia’a compliant real estate and leasing products.

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Massoud Janekeh - Director of Corporate Banking

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.

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Allan Griffiths - Director and Head of Property Finance

Allan joined BLME in October 2007 as Director and Head of Property Finance.  Prior to this Allan worked at institutions including DG Bank, Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co and Landesbank Baden Wuerttemberg.  Allan is a past President and Honorary Life Member of the Association of Property Bankers and continues to be involved with its activities.

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Rodney Ballard - Director of Trade Finance

Rodney joined BLME in August 2007 as Director of Trade Finance.  Prior to this Rodney worked for Natixis and Standard Chartered Bank as Head of their Structured Export Finance group.  Rodney has extensive experience in the international arena handling a wide variety of transactions across the world and has been active throughout the broad spectrum of trade finance and risk mitigation.  His main area of concentration is originating and structuring transactions to support telecommunications, pulp and paper and capital goods suppliers in their sales of equipment and services as well as advising clients on financing of trade.

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Philip Nias - Head of Project Finance

Philip Nias joined BLME in September 2007 as Head of Project Finance.  Prior to this Philip was Head of Project Finance at the London Branch of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL). Philip joined BNL from Bankgesellschaft Berlin where he was co-head of the project finance team.  Philip began his banking career in the project finance team at Hill Samuel Bank and has many years experience in both advisory and lending in the UK and internationally across a wide range of sectors.  Before banking, Philip practised as a civil and structural engineer with WS Atkins. 

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Roscow Lucas - Director and Head of Syndication

Roscow joined BLME in April 2008 as Head of Syndication. Prior to this Roscow was at ANZ Investment Bank where he established a global syndication capability covering loan market debt outside Australia. After his initial career with Barclays Bank plc, Midland Bank plc and Manufacturers Hanover Ltd, Roscow moved to Swiss Bank Corporation where he was responsible for loan distribution. He has experience working on deals ranging from small corporate through asset-backed to large complex project financings and benchmark sovereign issues. 

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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.  

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Nigel Williams - Head of Compliance

Nigel joined BLME in February 2007 as Head of Compliance.  Prior to this he worked within the Islamic investment banking group at WestLB having previously worked within their investment banking, mortgage origination, asset management, corporate finance and private equity groups.   During his career Nigel has spent a number of years working in both the retail and wholesale sides of the industry and has also worked at Fidelity, where he gained experience of fund management, concentrating eventually on the investment arena.

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Dr Fahad Al Zumai - Manager of Legal Affairs and Sharia'a Compliance

Fahad joined BLME in June 2007 as Manager of Legal Affairs and Sharia’a Compliance and works closely with BLMEs Sharia’a Supervisory Board to ensure that all aspects of the banks products and transactions are Sharia’a compliant.  Fahad is a qualified Kuwaiti lawyer and prior to joining BLME was a lawyer with Clifford Chance in Dubai.  Fahad currently teaches Finance & Securitisation law to postgraduate law students at Westminster University and is a former lecturer of the American Intercontinental University (London).  Fahad was also a former legal advisor to Tuhama Investment Co. where he was in charge of all of the legal aspects of the company investments in the Middle East.   

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William Purdy - Head of Information Technology

William joined BLME in February 2007 as Head of Information Technology. Prior to this William has worked in a variety of institutions gaining over 20 years experience covering a broad range of business areas, with the last 10 years being specifically in the financial services arena.   William is experienced in working in the capital markets and has worked as IT Director for Norinchukin (a Japanese government related financial institution), where he was also responsible for strategic projects in London. 

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Tim Chapman - Director and Head of Finance

Tim joined BLME in October 2007 as Director – Head of Finance and Accounting.  Prior to this Tim had spent time at Cantor Fitzgerald London where he was Financial Controller.  Tim began his career at KPMG as part of the auditing function.  He has since worked within the Finance function of several Investment Banks; Swiss Bank Corporation, NatWest Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets, before heading up the finance team ay UFJ International.

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Simon Ratcliff - Head of Operations

Simon joined BLME in May 2007 as Head of Operations and is responsible for overseeing the incoming/outgoing payment processes and managing the flow of documentation against transaction agreements. Prior to this Simon has held senior operational positions at Sabanci Bank Plc and Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc, London.  He has over 20 years banking experience during which he has covered a wide range of financial operations including Trade Finance, Letters of Credit, Loans Administration and Settlements.

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Beverley Dyson - Head of Human Resources

Beverley joined BLME in November 2007 as Head of Human Resources.  Prior to this Beverley was at the London branch of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (part of BNP Paribas Group) where she was Head of Human Resources.  During her career to date Beverley has worked at Banca Popolare di Milano and Banque Arab et Internationale d’Investissement (BAii) (part of BNP Paribas group).  With over 19 years of Banking experience, including Leasing and Relocation Finance, Beverley migrated to Human Resources in 1991.  Beverley has specific international experience in Change, TUPE, Diversity and Continued Professional Development.

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