Sean is the CEO of Silver Birch. He has almost 30 years of experience in corporate finance, capital markets and corporate banking. 

Sean spent the majority of his career at Citigroup, where he was most recently Managing Director, Energy & Power Coverage, before joining Standard Chartered as European Head of Corporate Banking. Sean has extensive experience in climate finance and has also served as a member of the UK Government’s Green Investment Bank Commission, which led to the creation of the first Green Bank globally and is a Senior Advisor to the Climate Bond Initiative, a leading climate finance NGO, focused on accelerating the flow of debt capital to address global climate change.

Sean holds an MBA in Finance and a BSc (Joint Hons) in Economics & Politics from the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Tim leads our Receivable Financing, Data Science teams and is an ExCo Member.

Tim has 22 years of experience of investment banking and financial services consulting, including eight years in the securitisation teams at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, syndicating both rated bonds and equity to a wide range of investors. He was also a Managing Director in the Innovation & Incubation team of a UK fintech. Tim spent time in the corporate finance teams of Deloitte and KPMG. Prior to finance, Tim was an Officer in the British Army and worked as an engineer with BP. 

Tim has an MA (Oxon) in Physics from Oxford University and an MBA from London Business School. 

John leads our Inventory Finance team and is an ExCo Member. He has 28 years of experience in origination, structured trade finance and law. 

John has held a number of senior positions at leading global financial institutions, corporates and fintechs, including Head of Oil Origination Europe, Africa and FSU at BP, where he served for 15 years. Prior to that, John spent nine years in Standard Chartered and UBS’s respective structured trade finance teams, leading transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa. He also spent time at a UK fintech building inventory finance solutions. John started his career as a Banking and Finance Lawyer at Clifford Chance.

John holds a BSc (Hons) in Physics from Bristol University and completed Law School Finals at Guildford College of Law.

Chris leads our Origination team and is an ExCo Member. He has 25 years of experience in debt finance origination and corporate coverage. 

Chris has held several senior positions at leading global financial institutions and fintechs, including European Head of Natural Resources and Power Coverage at Standard Chartered. Prior to this, Chris spent 19 years at Deutsche Bank working in debt origination and corporate banking coverage. Chris started his career at Ford Motor Company working in the Project and Export Finance teams.

Chris holds an MA (Hons) in Economics and Management from Oxford University.

Manuel is a Managing Director at Silver Birch and is Regional Head of Origination for Latin America. 

Manuel had previously served at various financial institutions and fintechs in the Americas in origination, distribution, portfolio management and risk. 

Manuel has a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia and an MBA from Manchester Business School. 

Tony is a Managing Director at Silver Birch and is our Head of Portfolio Receivables Monetisation Solutions. 

Tony has spent much of his career in the Telecoms sector, serving at Motorola and Ericsson in a variety of global and regional finance roles. Tony was also a Director at a UK fintech where he was focused on structuring and origination of working capital solutions. Tony is a CIMA qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience. 

Tony holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Sheffield Hallam University.

Matt is an Executive Director at Silver Birch, focusing on Origination, Structuring and Bank Partnerships. 

He previously worked at Standard Chartered in the European Corporate Banking team where he was responsible for global relationships with large multi-national corporate clients in the Consumer and Retail space. Prior to that, he worked in the Special Resolution Unit (SRU) at the Bank of England and in the UK M&A team at Citigroup. 

Matt holds an MA (Hons) from both the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and the University of Edinburgh.

Helen is an Executive Director at Silver Birch and leads our Legal and Structuring team.

Prior to joining Silver Birch, Helen worked at Linklaters LLP, focusing on leveraged finance and restructuring, based in Frankfurt and Madrid, before joining a UK fintech.

Helen holds an LLB and a BA from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and is admitted to the bar as a solicitor in both England and New Zealand.

Tom is an Executive Director at Silver Birch, focusing on Origination, Structuring and Bank Partnerships. 

His experience spans the corporate and investment banking, financial technology and legal sectors. Tom was previously a coverage banker at Mizuho where he worked closely with global corporates in the commodity trading, metals & mining, oil & gas and energy sectors. 

Tom holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of York and an LLB in Law from the College of Law, Guildford.

William is an Executive Director at Silver Birch, focusing on Structuring and Data Science. 

He was previously an Actuary at Rimac Seguros where he worked on pricing, reserving and capital estimation. William has also worked as an Economic and Financial Consultant for multilaterals and public organisations in Latin America and the Innovation & Incubation team of a UK fintech.

William holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School and an MSc (Hons) in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru.

Luanna is responsible for the firm’s corporate legal matters and Compliance.

Luanna joined Silver Birch in May 2024 and has over 10 years of transactional experience as a lawyer. Prior to Silver Birch, Luanna trained and qualified as a solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills in London, before working in the corporate teams there and at Jones Day. Luanna subsequently moved in house, working in the legal teams at Investec (Investment Banking division) and at a listed biotech.

Luanna holds a BA in law from the University of Cambridge and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Carolina is focussed on transactional legal support for our Origination and Product teams.

Before joining Silver Birch Finance, Carolina was an associate at Santos Neto Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil, where she was part of the banking and finance team. She also worked as in-house counsel at AlmaStone Services, specializing in trade finance within the commodities sector.

Carolina holds an LLB from Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Val is a Vice President at Silver Birch, focusing on Middle Office Operations.

Val has over 20 years’ experience working in finance, in various operation, implementation and client services roles. These include 14 years in Citibank and four years at Deutsche Bank, London. Prior to joining Silver Birch, Val worked within the origination middle office on key client accounts at a UK fintech.

Ella is an Associate at Silver Birch, focusing on Syndication, Distribution and Bank Partnerships. 

Ella has previously spent time working in the Origination and Structuring team of a trade finance boutique, Tungsten Network Finance, and in the Distribution team at a UK fintech. 

Ella holds a BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent. 

Olimpia is an Associate at Silver Birch in our Origination team. 

Prior to joining Silver Birch Finance, Olimpia worked at Scotiabank in the Capital Markets Legal team and at BBVA in the Investment Banking Legal department.

Olimpia holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School and an LLM in Banking and Finance from Queen Mary University of London.

Bence is an Associate at Silver Birch, focusing on Structuring and Data Science. 

Bence previously worked in the credit and risk functions at Bank of Ireland, building quantitative models as part of the bank’s UK and Irish SME coverage. Bence also worked at a UK fintech in the Innovation & Incubation and Credit teams, working on a global portfolio of corporate clients. 

Bence holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Bath.

Sylwia is a Finance Assistant at Silver Birch. 

Prior to joining Silver Birch, Sylwia worked at The London Baking Co Ltd managing various accounting departments for over 15 years. She monitored multiple financial procedures and contributed to financial audits.

Sylwia holds a BA (Hons) in Business Administration from MacEwan University.

Robert is a Senior Data Scientist at Silver Birch.

Robert previously worked as a data analyst for a sports analytics company, working on solutions for numerous major sports franchises around the world. Before that he worked as a business consultant for a leading London based data and AI consultancy.

Robert holds a BSc degree in Engineering Management from Reykjavik University, MSc degrees in Business Analytics from Imperial College London and Statistical Science from the University of Oxford.

Amy is a Data Scientist in Silver Birch's Data Science team, focusing on the application of machine learning techniques to efficiently address client objectives.

Previously, Amy has worked at an AI consultancy and in research at CERN, near Geneva. Amy holds a PhD from the University of Lancaster, an MSc from Imperial College London and an MSci from Kings College London.