Senior Management Team

Humphrey Percy - Chief Executive Officer
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.




















