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Career background
I started out working in finance for Bank of Scotland in the Motor division. After two and a half years I left to join Lombard, based just outside Southampton, where I stayed for 18 years. I spent a short amount of time with Close Brother’s Transport Division, before working as a Broker for a company based in Bournemouth. Upon leaving the brokerage I worked at Simply for a few months, before joining Paragon in August 2019.
What you enjoy most about the role
Going out meeting brokers, discussing opportunities with them and further building a good working relationship.
Standout deal
Due to when I joined, most of my deals have been CBILS related. I did re-finance a Printing Press for a customer, circa £570k, which I had funded originally whilst working at Lombard.
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Ollie Cole
I have worked in financial services for 31 years, starting out at a high street bank. More recently, I ran an Asset Finance sales team in London for six years and worked for myself as a broker. I joined Paragon in late 2019.
It’s great to be able to assist SMEs with their asset purchases and often these represent significant milestones such as general growth, new contracts or acquisitions.
I have transacted some really challenging and significant deals since I joined Paragon which have demonstrated the ability of the team to find a solution and the dedication to get the deal done. However, my most standout deals have been the CBILS deals which have enabled the customers to navigate their way through the pandemic.
My entire working life has been spent in the banking and finance sector, from leaving school and working for a high street bank before leaving there to join a finance company as a salesman. I have worked for Paragon (under previous names that include Print Finance, City Business Finance and Five Arrows) for more than 22 years.
I really love the variety. Not only does it involve every size of business from a sole trader to a large PLC, but we can be funding anything from a single small van to a huge fleet or massive piece of plant and equipment.
There is great pleasure in seeing the difference that investment in vehicles or equipment can make to a business and a real satisfaction in knowing you have helped them to prosper and grow.
I probably derive the most pleasure from helping young businesses by managing to structure a deal for them when they have struggled to find funding elsewhere.
I have spent 13 years working in Asset Finance. Prior to joining Paragon I spent a number of years at Lombard in a variety of roles.
I really enjoy being involved with different deals on a daily basis and meeting brokers with different specialisms. It means that I have a greater depth of asset knowledge, be it tractor units or production lines and I am then able to utilise this experience with future transactions to best support the customer.
I supported a bakery line with refinance funding.
I spent eight years with Close Brothers and then spent a few years as a broker before joining Paragon last year.
The best parts of this role are the relationships nurtured via face to face meetings and the variations between proposals for customers.
There have been many, including funding for quarry machines. I have particularly enjoyed being involved in deals that involve teamwork and collaboration between myself, the broker and the client. It’s always satisfying when hard work pays off.
I have spent many years in the industry. My financial career started at First National Bank, followed by Siemens Financial Services and then I spent 16 years at Lombard.
I enjoy working with my team. Everyone is very supportive and there is a wealth of knowledge and experience - and of course I love the relationships I have with my brokers. Usually communication would be with regular face to face meetings, although understandably in 2020 and going into the start of 2021 there is very little of that.
I enjoy helping with solutions for customers, for example I am currently working on a tricky underwrite on a large bit of kit, I am bringing in Paragon Invoice Finance to look at their factoring which will offer Paragon more security - it’s a clever way of getting a deal over the line.
Gail Bartlett
I have spent 30 years plus in Asset Finance across Tier 1 Banks, and independent Asset Funders as a Relationship and Business Development Manager.
I enjoy working with individual Brokers and across Brokerages, packaging and structuring asset finance lending in support of their customers’ requirements.
A £1m refinance of construction plant and equipment and also support to a new customer as part of a £2.2m buy-out of the existing directors and shareholders of two well established companies.
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