I am British with specialities in Russia, Turkey and former Soviet States as well as UK, CEE and EU. I live in Russia where I have been based for seven out of the last eight years. An experienced credit professional with over 25 years “hands on” operational experience in every aspect of Factoring, Invoice Finance, Receivables Financing, Asset Based Lending (ABL) Leasing, Credit Management B2B) Business Banking, Collections and Recoveries and general Business Performance issues, covering UK, Russia, CIS, Eurasia, CEE & Turkey. This experience includes starting, advising on and also heading up new businesses in these sectors in Russia, CEE & Turkey. A strategic thinker and successful team manager with proven ability to lead from the front motivate and improve productivity and profits in both established and new start business environments, Professional qualifications, by examination, include Institute of Credit Management (ICM) and Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA)