Having just passed the midway point in the calendar year, it is a good opportunity to reflect on the successes LGB has so far enjoyed in 2025. Amongst them are commercial milestones, team celebrations, and community events. Here are some of our highlights.
We started the year on a positive note, welcoming Ruby Blackwood to the team as our Assistant Relationship Manager. She is now an established member of the LGB team, supporting Managing Director, Simone Westerhuis, and Associate Director, Megan Dempster.
To get the ball rolling in 2025, we joined Simply Asset Finance in their annual Simply Cup five-aside charity football tournament. A fantastic event, it saw 30 teams from the asset finance industry battle it out to raise funds for Cancer Research. Following our win the previous year, this time around we made it to the quarter finals – but with £26,319 raised (exceeding the £25,000 target), it was a winning occasion for all involved.
No sooner had the year begun, than we were able to announce the successful completion of a new £15m secured note programme for Roma Finance, a leading specialist property lender. This milestone brought total issuance capacity across Roma’s two programmes to £40m and marked an exciting evolution in our partnership.
Read more about Roma’s relationship with LGB
In March, the LGB Capital Markets team achieved its first £100m MTN Programme with Simply Asset Finance. The non-bank lender increased its MTN programme from £65m to £100m, cementing both the success of the MTN model, as well as Simply’s own strong growth trajectory and ongoing investor confidence. It also took LGB Capital Markets’ total arranged structured finance solutions to over £490m.
Read more about Simply Asset Finance’s relationship with LGB
Following 10 years of working with LGB, independent niche asset finance funder, Rivers Finance Group, increased their MTN programme to £40 million. Having begun collaborating in 2014, they issued their first note in January 2015 under the original £6m MTN programme. The relationship has since resulted in more investment rounds as Rivers continues to grow.
Read more about Rivers Finance Group’s relationship with LGB
LGB & Co. started to offer clients selected structured products this year. LGB believes simple products with sound backing and protection against loss, in return for capping returns, work seamlessly alongside laddered bond portfolios. Therefore, in a first for the LGB team, we successfully collaborated with Credo to issue a structured loan product in a three-year Call Certificate with capital protection linked to the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index issued by BNP Paribas. We look forward to sharing more select structured products with our investors soon.
May brought sunshine and celebrations, as our very own Ben Hoskin, CFA, was promoted to Capital Markets Associate Director, having joined LGB in October 2022. In June, the LGB team ventured away from the office for offsite team bonding and strategic development courtesy of Investment Director, Ivan Sedgwick’s hospitality. We tested our team, as well as Ivan’s cooking, finishing on a high at the top of Ingleton.
Our Capital Markets team set off for Barcelona to attend the Global ABS Structured Finance Conference. LGB Director, Fergus Rendall and Capital Markets Associate Director Ben Hoskin, CFA were there to meet new and existing connections, in a busy few days of conversation and connection with both old friends and new.
Meeting the year’s midpoint with a toast to collaboration and growth, we had the pleasure of hosting our annual summer drinks party in June. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with both long-standing clients and new faces in our growing network. With the sun shining on the Thames, it was a real highlight to catch up with so many of our investors and corporate clients outside of the usual setting.
While many slow down a little over the summer holidays, it is business as usual at LGB, with plenty to look forward to over the next six months. We are excited to be launching an MTN programme with a new issuer in the coming months – with a few others in the pipeline – as well as achieving more milestones for the company and our clients.
Transaction Manager
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 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
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.
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Associate Director
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.
Adviser
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.