A highly experienced Sales and Operations Executive with in excess of 20 years practice across Operations, Sales, Project Management and Operational Risk. Recognised as a reliable, conscientious individual with a ‘can-do’ attitude, who maintains excellent relationships with both internal and external customers.

I am currently a Senior Policy Advisor in the Asset Finance Division at the Finance and Leasing Association. I have played an intergalactic part in fraud prevention strategy during my time in the Motor Industry and continuously find innovate solution for an ever growing threat. 

I review Compliance and Complaints for numerous businesses in the finance industry as well as producing guidance and toolkits to deal with the every changing financial landscape.

Before joining Allica, Richard was group COO at digital bank Revolut.

Prior to that he was CEO of OakNorth and held leadership roles at TSB and HSBC.

Christian is the CEO of Finativ and an experienced executive, specialising in asset finance.

With an extensive career in financial services, Christian has established himself as a respected leader in the sector, combining deep corporate finance and M&A expertise with hands-on business management experience.

As a Chartered Accountant, he brings analytical rigour and strategic insight to every engagement, whether advising on complex transactions or delivering strategic transformation.

Wayne leads the automotive finance practice for Shoosmiths.

Prior to joining Shoosmiths, Wayne spent 25 years working in-house in senior and executive roles at international, blue chip financial services and automotive businesses including: Volkswagen Financial Services; GMAC; NatWest (including Lombard and Invoice Finance), Cisco and Santander Consumer UK.

Wayne has extensive experience of scoping, leading and implementing domestic and international projects, particularly focused on strategically important restructuring and regulatory change.

He specialises in regulated and unregulated asset finance, consumer credit and retail finance, with a depth of experience in motor finance. Wayne is also recognised for his experience in regulatory compliance and oversight activity.

Adrian Dally is Director of Motor Finance & Strategy at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).

Before joining the FLA, Adrian spent 26 years in policy-making roles in Whitehall and Brussels, specialising in a number of areas including financial services, consumer protection policy, competition and the European Union.

During this time he fulfilled a number of roles, including as a UK negotiator in the EU institutions and as private secretary to two cabinet ministers. His last role was at the Financial Ombudsman Service, where he was its Head of Policy.

Dan’s career has developed in parallel with the growth of Arkle where he has acquired front line experience across a range of functions during his 15-year career in Asset Finance.

Working under the tutelage of his predecessor, Stephen Bassett, Dan joined the Board in 2015 and was appointed to the role of Executive Director two years later.

When not at work, Dan enjoys an active lifestyle, spends time with family and supports his local community.

John Rees has worked in equipment finance for over 40 years, most recently with Societe Generale’s equipment finance subsidiary, where he focused on the UK, Australian, and Chinese markets before joining the bank’s headquarters in Paris with global responsibility for sales and marketing.

Julie Warren holds over 25 years of experience in senior sales and marketing roles within organisations such as Barclays, Aldermore and new fintech startups.

Her expertise spans a wide range of areas including Brand, PR, digital, partnerships, lead generation and social.

Julie has a proven track record of building first-class marketing functions with a strong focus on integrated sales and marketing outputs.

With more than 30 years of experience in the commercial finance industry, Jim brings a wealth of knowledge to the role of CEO.

Jim most recently served as Group CEO at STAR Asset Finance, where he led the brokerage through a period of substantial change, enhancing the risk control framework, upgrading the IT infrastructure, centralising the core business functions across four previously independent brokerages and increasing the group balance sheet by 50%. 

He has previously held senior roles at Lombard, Barclays, and GE Capital, where he developed an extensive understanding of asset finance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement across a variety of financial sectors.

I am currently a Senior Policy Advisor in the Asset Finance Division at the Finance and Leasing Association. I have played an intergalactic part in fraud prevention strategy during my time in the Motor Industry and continuously find innovate solution for an ever growing threat. 

I review Compliance and Complaints for numerous businesses in the finance industry as well as producing guidance and toolkits to deal with the every changing financial landscape.

David Betteley started his career in Financial Services as a graduate trainee with Lloyds and Scottish Finance (part of the Lloyds Bank Group) in Manchester in the late 70’s. In 1989 he joined the International Motors Group (IM) to set up their in-house Finance Company in the UK to support the Hyundai and Subaru brands. Staying with IM, he moved to Sweden in 1992 to run the vehicle distribution operations for IM in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.

In 1996 he moved back to the UK to become MD of Vauxhall Finance and successfully managed the transition from 7 branches to one central location. In 1998 he was recruited by Toyota to insource their Financial Services operations in the UK. He went on to become a Senior Vice President when he had the responsibility for overall operations, sales and marketing and the development of new markets for both Toyota and Lexus in the Europe and Africa region.

During this 12 year period at Toyota he also served as a Pension Trusteee which gives him good experience to serve in a similar capacity at JLR. In 2010 David joined Jaguar Land Rover as Global Financial Services Director, retiring in July 2017. David now works as an independent advisor to Genpact Ltd and other companies. His main non-executive role has been as Chairman of the Finance and Leasing Association in the UK during the period May 2007 to May 2010.

David holds an MBA from Aston Business School Outside work his time is mainly devoted to his family. However he enjoys the occasional game of golf and still follows closely the fortunes of Manchester City.

Wayne leads the automotive finance practice for Shoosmiths.

Prior to joining Shoosmiths, Wayne spent 25 years working in-house in senior and executive roles at international, blue chip financial services and automotive businesses including: Volkswagen Financial Services; GMAC; NatWest (including Lombard and Invoice Finance), Cisco and Santander Consumer UK.

Wayne has extensive experience of scoping, leading and implementing domestic and international projects, particularly focused on strategically important restructuring and regulatory change.

He specialises in regulated and unregulated asset finance, consumer credit and retail finance, with a depth of experience in motor finance. Wayne is also recognised for his experience in regulatory compliance and oversight activity.

Adrian Dally is Director of Motor Finance & Strategy at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).

Before joining the FLA, Adrian spent 26 years in policy-making roles in Whitehall and Brussels, specialising in a number of areas including financial services, consumer protection policy, competition and the European Union.

During this time he fulfilled a number of roles, including as a UK negotiator in the EU institutions and as private secretary to two cabinet ministers. His last role was at the Financial Ombudsman Service, where he was its Head of Policy.

I am driven by curiosity and motivated by change, a problem solver who brings teams together with a shared purpose; to investigate root causes, design fixes, simplify and automate processes, to resolve for customers. I am a passionate and enthusiastic leader, creating an open and positive culture where colleagues feel supported and able to fulfil their potential. An extrovert, I am at my best when leading new thinking, challenging the status quo and bringing diverse groups who think differently together, towards shared goals and objectives.

Comfortable leading in ambiguous and complex situations, I have a track record in delivering large rectification programmes, improving business processes and supporting senior leaders to respond to regulatory change. I bring an extensive and practical knowledge of risk and control frameworks, data process design, corporate governance, consumer banking products, processes and regulation.

Leasing Professional, operating at Director level, with 25 years experience in sales and operations working with UK and International vendors across a variety of equipment sectors. 

Have proven management, sales, documentation and negotiation skills. Before joining Societe Generale Equipment Finance held sales positions assisting vendors and resellers grow their sales through the use of finance across diverse markets including IT, Office Equipment, Printing, Machine Tools and Fork Lift Trucks.

John Rees has worked in equipment finance for over 40 years, most recently with Societe Generale’s equipment finance subsidiary, where he focused on the UK, Australian, and Chinese markets before joining the bank’s headquarters in Paris with global responsibility for sales and marketing.

Richard Bearman has over 25 years’ experience in the banking sector and over that time has developed a real passion for working with and supporting entrepreneurs. 

Richard oversees the Banking Relationship Management function, which helps to support a consistent and holistic approach towards the Bank’s delivery partners.

He was previously Managing Director, Small Business Lending at the Bank, which included responsibility for the Start Up Loans programme, which was rated by Forbes as its top-rated Small Business Loan and Start up Loan for three consecutive years.

Prior to joining the Bank, Richard was UK Head of Small Business at HSBC, where he led and supported colleagues serving the UK SME market via face to face, telephony and digital channels. Richard set the strategic direction and led the business to evolve its channels and grow its customer base. Under Richard’s leadership, HSBC was voted Best Business Banking Provider in the Smart Money People British Bank Awards and Best Online Banking Provider in the Business Moneyfacts Awards.

Anna has worked at the LSB since 2018, starting as Head of Insight.

Prior to this, she spent just over 4 years at Wright Hassall LLP as Head of Risk & Compliance and 4.5 years at HSBC working with the risk and audit sectors.

Christian is the CEO of Finativ and an experienced executive, specialising in asset finance.

With an extensive career in financial services, Christian has established himself as a respected leader in the sector, combining deep corporate finance and M&A expertise with hands-on business management experience.

As a Chartered Accountant, he brings analytical rigour and strategic insight to every engagement, whether advising on complex transactions or delivering strategic transformation.

David Betteley started his career in Financial Services as a graduate trainee with Lloyds and Scottish Finance (part of the Lloyds Bank Group) in Manchester in the late 70’s. In 1989 he joined the International Motors Group (IM) to set up their in-house Finance Company in the UK to support the Hyundai and Subaru brands. Staying with IM, he moved to Sweden in 1992 to run the vehicle distribution operations for IM in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.

In 1996 he moved back to the UK to become MD of Vauxhall Finance and successfully managed the transition from 7 branches to one central location. In 1998 he was recruited by Toyota to insource their Financial Services operations in the UK. He went on to become a Senior Vice President when he had the responsibility for overall operations, sales and marketing and the development of new markets for both Toyota and Lexus in the Europe and Africa region.

During this 12 year period at Toyota he also served as a Pension Trusteee which gives him good experience to serve in a similar capacity at JLR. In 2010 David joined Jaguar Land Rover as Global Financial Services Director, retiring in July 2017. David now works as an independent advisor to Genpact Ltd and other companies. His main non-executive role has been as Chairman of the Finance and Leasing Association in the UK during the period May 2007 to May 2010.

David holds an MBA from Aston Business School Outside work his time is mainly devoted to his family. However he enjoys the occasional game of golf and still follows closely the fortunes of Manchester City.

Wayne leads the automotive finance practice for Shoosmiths. Prior to joining Shoosmiths, Wayne spent 25 years working in-house in senior and executive roles at international, blue chip financial services and automotive businesses including: Volkswagen Financial Services; GMAC; NatWest (including Lombard and Invoice Finance), Cisco and Santander Consumer UK. Wayne has extensive experience of scoping, leading and implementing domestic and international projects, particularly focused on strategically important restructuring and regulatory change. He specialises in regulated and unregulated asset finance, consumer credit and retail finance, with a depth of experience in motor finance. Wayne is also recognised for his experience in regulatory compliance and oversight activity.

Adrian Dally is Director of Motor Finance & Strategy at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).

Before joining the FLA, Adrian spent 26 years in policy-making roles in Whitehall and Brussels, specialising in a number of areas including financial services, consumer protection policy, competition and the European Union.

During this time he fulfilled a number of roles, including as a UK negotiator in the EU institutions and as private secretary to two cabinet ministers. His last role was at the Financial Ombudsman Service, where he was its Head of Policy.