"I am not aware of another provider with an independent ranking from Standard & Poor's and would like to congratulate Madeliene and the team for this significant achievement. Part of my role as an advisor is to identify suitable business partners for clients, and I would certainly consider LPMO as a potential service provider for certain of my clients." - Tarun Mistry, Practice Director at Grant Thorton and the leader of its Leasing and Consumer Finance Team
Sam Geneen
Managing Director – Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited
Market Experience: 36 years
Five Arrows Leasing Experience: 24 years
Managing Director of Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited (FALG), a subsidiary of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, since its inception in 1988. He is also a Director of N M Rothschild Banking Limited. Sam also holds Chairman roles with State Securities Plc, Specialist Fleet Services Limited, Fineline Media Finance and LPM Outsourcing.
Prior to joining FALG he spent six years as Managing Director of United Financial Services Limited, a subsidiary of United Leasing plc, an IBM computer leasing company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. He was also financial controller of Hertz Car Leasing for 6 years.
Sam was educated at the High School of Glasgow and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Strathclyde. He trained as an accountant working for Levi Strauss & Co. and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He was Chairman of the UK Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) from 2005 – 2007 and was previously Chairman of the FLA's asset finance division.
Madeleine Bowd
Managing Director
Market Experience: 26 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 24 years
Madeleine, who joined the company in 1988, has wealth of experience in managing all operational aspects of the outsourcing business; with extensive knowledge and involvement in reviewing leasing portfolios through due diligence exercises. In recent years Madeleine’s focus has been to continually strive to improve process and enrich our client experience.
From December 2011 Madeleine took on the role of Managing Director taking responsibility for the strategic direction of the business.
Simon Kirk
Group Financial Director – Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited
Market Experience: 29 years
Five Arrows Leasing Experience: 21 years
Joining Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited in 1991 Simon became the Group Finance Director in 2000. Simon is a qualified accountant whose speciality is leasing tax and a member of the FALG Credit Committee. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and is currently chairing the FLA Tax & Accounting Group.
Matt Taylor
IT & Projects Director
Market Experience: 13 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 12 years
Matt joined LPM Outsourcing from the N M Rothschild internal audit team in 2000. He has 15 years experience in IT and is a specialist in leasing systems implementations, process change, reports and auditing. He has an extensive knowledge and understanding of leasing portfolio data migrations across a variety of different software applications.
Nadine Holroyd
Accounts Manager
Market Experience: 18 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 9 years
Nadine manages the accounting team and the cash processors and is responsible for the delivery of client lease accounting entries. Previous experience in the industry includes, Accounting Manager for Avis Car Leasing and Financial Accountant for Perry Contract Hire. Nadine leads a team of 4 accountants.
Ian Dennis
Business Development Manager
Market Experience: 17 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 3 years
Ian joined LPM Outsourcing in December 2008, having worked in the asset finance sector for 16 years for various finance companies including Lombard, Allied Irish Bank and Barclays Bank. He is responsible for generating new business opportunities in the three key market sectors.
Sarah Cowper
Director LPMO
Market Experience: 31 years
Five Arrows Leasing Experience: 5.5 years
With over 30 years HR experience Sarah is the HR Manager for Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD. Sarah has responsibility for all aspects of the HR function.
Tom Whipp
Business Analyst
Market Experience: 10 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 10 years
Tom joined LPM Outsourcing in 2002. Working initially in the Operations area of the business he joined the Applications Support department as a Business Analyst in 2003. He has seven years experience in implementing leasing systems specialising in process change, application development, business analysis, data migrations, and report development.
Kathy Wakeman
Operations Manager
Market Experience: 37 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 7 years
Kathy joined LPMO in 2004, from Fujitsu Services, as a Lease Administrator. In Fujitsu Kathy gained experience in outsourcing within the financial vertical market working in sales, marketing and operations. Since Kathy joined LPMO she has worked on various portfolios and was promoted to the role of Operations Manager in December 2011. This means that Kathy now has responsibility for both the Customer Services and Arrears Management teams.
Janet Deal
Compliance Officer
Market Experience: 36 years
LPM Outsourcing Experience: 11 years
Janet joined LPM outsourcing in 2001 bringing with her a wealth of experience in Customer Service, Systems Analysis, Quality and Leasing. Janet was bought in to design & implement the new business process for a new client who she continued to develop until 2 years ago when she moved into the newly created role of Compliance Officer, building on her skills for systems analysis and quality procedures, helping us to achieve BSI quality certification & Standard & Poor’s rating.