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LGB successfully completes £15m secured note programme for Roma Finance

Alexia Rottet February 5, 2025 June 25, 2025

We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of a new £15m secured note programme for Roma Finance (“Roma”), a leading specialist property lender.

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New year, new to the LGB&Co team

Alexia Rottet January 28, 2025 June 25, 2025

We are very pleased to confirm the arrival of Ruby Blackwood as our Assistant Relationship Manager, and we wanted to take this opportunity to introduce her.

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LGB&Co introduces new tech to optimise transparency, efficiency, and returns

Alexia Rottet December 4, 2024 December 4, 2024

LGB&Co introduces new tech to optimise transparency, efficiency, and returns Ensuring we’re optimised for the future whilst retaining the best of experience-driven service, LGB&Co is …

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How the market has evolved with the rise of non-bank specialist lenders

Alexia Rottet November 20, 2024 November 27, 2024

Since the global financial crisis, the financial services sector has seen the significant growth of non-bank specialist lenders gaining market share from traditional high street …

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Is it time to invest offshore?

Is it time to invest offshore?

Alexia Rottet October 24, 2024 October 24, 2024

Investment opportunities in offshore financial centres can offer a number of benefits, from access to international markets, and portfolio diversification, to tax treatments. For some …

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A time to invest and a time to borrow

Alexia Rottet August 30, 2024 August 30, 2024

What the cut in interest rates could mean for SMEs and their investors. With a new Labour government and a somewhat fragile economic recovery in …

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Transaction Manager

Alexia Rottet

 

Alexia Rottet joined LGB in October 2025 as a Transaction Manager. Prior to LGB, she gained real estate experience by participating in the valuation of a property portfolio for A2immo.ch SA as a financial analyst, as well as working at Form Structural Design as an office manager. Alexia holds an MA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and a BA in International Relations.

Assistant Relationship Manager

Ruby Blackwood

 

Ruby joined LGB in December 2024 as an Assistant Relationship Manager for our investing clients. Prior to LGB, Ruby worked at FHIRST, a start-up where she collaborated with the co-founders on revenue growth and improving client experiences. Ruby graduated with a First-Class degree in History from Durham University.

Finance Manager

Antonia Vanbergen

 

Following a degree reading Chemistry at The Queen’s College, Oxford, Antonia trained to become a chartered accountant at a London-based audit firm. She then moved into the tax sector joining EY and completing the chartered tax adviser qualification. She then gained further experience working as a finance director within industry at a family office / hedge fund.

Medium-Term Note Programme

Programme size: £20m

Establishment Date:  December 2017

Number of issues: 12

Sector: Marine tracking

Focus: Maritime surveillance and management

 

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Medium-Term Note Programme

Programme size: £25m

Establishment Date:  XX 2017

Number of issues: 20

Sector: Financial services

Focus: Loans and leasing

 

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Associate Director

Omar Haroun

 

Omar joined LGB in February 2026 as an Associate Director in the Capital Markets team. He brings over five years of experience from NatWest, where he worked across the Leveraged Finance Origination and Portfolio Management teams. During this time, he supported a broad range of businesses from venture-backed to large-cap companies, with a primary focus on the mid-market. His experience was sector agnostic, and the majority of the companies he worked with were sponsor-backed, giving him extensive exposure to private equity-led transactions and capital structures. Omar holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics & Political Science and is a Chartered Banker.

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Adviser

Charles Breese

 

Charles has played an important role in developing LGB & Co.’s investment approach by encouraging a focus on investing in businesses with strong IP or know-how with recurring revenue business models that can prosper throughout economic cycles. Charles brings over 30 years’ experience of investing in privately-owned and publicly-listed small and mid-market companies. He is a director of Larpent Newton & Co. and Hygea VCT plc. Charles qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Peat Marwick, now part of KPMG.

Adviser

Lisa Pickup

 

Lisa has worked with LGB since 2015 in supporting the on-going cultural and organisational development of the firm, providing advice on strategic people matters. Since 2006, Lisa has been running her own consultancy and executive coaching business, People Possibilities Ltd. Her work is focused on supporting clients at an organisational, team and individual level to enable high performance,improve leadership capability and effect cultural and behavioural change. Previously Lisa has held senior HR leadership positions with Schroders, ABN AMRO and HSBC. Lisa graduated from the University of Birmingham with an honours degree in International Relations & French. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a qualified Executive Coach.

Chairman

Simon Lough

 

Simon became non-executive Chairman of the Board of LGB & Co. with a focus on growth and strategic initiatives in December 2025. ​Simon has extensive experience in capital markets and wealth management. He previously ran the client and investment business of Heartwood and became Chief Executive in 2008. He led its well-regarded acquisition by Handelsbanken in 2013. Simon subsequently became NED and Chair of AIM-listed WH Ireland Group PLC. He was also asked to represent the wealth management sector on the FCA Smaller Business Practitioner Panel from 2013-2016.

Capital Markets Director

Fergus Rendall

 

Fergus advises corporate clients looking to raise debt and equity capital. He is also responsible for the execution and ongoing management of LGB’s MTN Programmes. Fergus joined LGB in 2019 having started his career at Lloyds Banking Group on the graduate training programme, before moving to the Leveraged Finance division, where he focused on transactions with mid-market corporates and PE firms. Fergus holds an MSc in Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen.

Associate Director

Megan Dempster

 

Megan joined LGB in 2021 as a Relationship Manager. She is responsible for all day-to-day transactions with investment clients and oversees the LGB Investments Platform and Deal Hub. Prior to LGB, Megan worked at Puma Investments, a tax-efficient investment provider, in the sales and investor services team. Megan graduated from the University of Bath with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, and has obtained the CISI Level 4 Diploma in Investment Advice.

Investment Director

Ivan Sedgwick

 

Ivan is LGB’s Investment Director: he is responsible for developing LGB’s investment proposition in the context of the broader market and economic developments. He regularly meets individual company management teams to seek out and monitor investment opportunities. Ivan has served as a senior adviser to the Equity Division of Société Générale, and was previously Managing Director in charge of equity sales for them in London. Earlier in his career, Ivan worked at Morgan Stanley, Lazards and Schroders. He has degrees in history from Cambridge University & London University, and an MBA from Cass Business School.

Managing Director

Simone Westerhuis

 

Simone joined LGB in 2012 and is responsible for LGB & Co.’s business with institutional investors, wealth managers and sophisticated private investors. Simone’s team provides access to a range of compelling investment opportunities with a particular emphasis on structuring laddered portfolios of fixed income. In addition, the team manages portfolios of clients who have entered into advisory agreements with LGB Investments, and advises the fund managers of the Guernsey-based LGB SME Private Debt Fund. Prior to joining LGB & Co., Simone worked in the institutional fixed income department of Citigroup Global Markets. She began her career at Citigroup Private Bank in Geneva. Simone graduated from the University of Lausanne with a degree in HEC, Business Administration. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and a Director of LGB.

CEO

Cedric Parent

 

Cedric was appointed CEO in July 2022 after a period of 18 months as a COO. Cedric spent 15 years working on the energy and commodities sales and trading desks for global banks (BNP Paribas, BAML and MUFG). He gained extensive international exposure, being based in London and Singapore and covering transactions in all geographic regions. Cedric graduated from Global Executive MBA at INSEAD in 2018 and started working in the capital markets space for growth-stage companies. He is also a director of LGB.

Managing Director, Capital Markets

Andrew Boyle

 

Andrew founded LGB & Co. in 2005 and is managing the Capital Markets team. He has a particular focus on the development of strategic relationships with corporate clients and business partners. Prior to founding LGB & Co., Andrew was a Managing Director at Citigroup Global Markets, where he was responsible for its fixed-income business with private banks and retail institutions. Earlier in his career Andrew worked at Schroders in London and Tokyo. Andrew graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Modern History. He is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.