A team of experienced leasing and investment professionals

MANAGEMENT TEAM

James Cranmer

Managing Director

James became co-Managing Partner at Triple Point in early 2016. He came up with the idea of Advancr the previous year. James has over 20 years experience in leasing, asset and structured finance. He currently manages various leasing businesses within Triple Point.

Claire Ainsworth

Chair of Credit Committee

Claire was Managing Partner at Triple Point from 2010 until early 2016. She has over 30 years' experience in finance including 16 years in structured finance at Deutche Bank where she was a Managing Director. Over her career, Claire has been involved in transactions totalling £10 billion. She also has a BA in Law from the University of Oxford.

Mike Bayer

Credit Committee and Head of Risk

Mike was a founding partner of Triple Point in 2004 and has been involved with SME businesses throughout a 25 year career in the financial and investment sectors. Prior to Triple Point, Mike worked at Ernst & Young, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and 3i plc. He is a Chartered Accountant and has a BSc in Physics and Business from the University of Warwick.

Ben Beaton

Credit Committee

Ben became co-Managing Partner at Triple Point in early 2016. He has executed a broad range of investments at Triple Point since 2007 including £80m in the cinema and digitisation sector and over £38m in hydroelectric power. Previously Ben worked in the US which included a stint managing the business impact of hurricane Katrina. He has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Edinburgh.

Bryan Curel

Credit Committee and Legal Counsel

Bryan is legal counsel at Advancr and has 25 years’ of asset finance experience, including nine as a Director and Head of the Technology Finance legal team at Kleinwort Benson. He brings invaluable legal experience to the Advancr management team.

Ian McLennan

Credit Committee

Ian uses his 28 years’ of investment experience to source and assess potential opportunities. Over the last 7 years he has led the sourcing and negotiation of over £75m in the renewable energy sector.

Previously he was a Global Equity strategist and Head of Asian strategy at UBS Investment Bank and has also worked for the global hedge fund, Brevan Howard. He has a First class degree in Accountancy from the University of Glasgow and is a CFA Charterholder.

Neil Richards

Head of SME Finance

Neil has 25 years’ experience in leasing and asset finance world. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1991 with Ernst & Young and subsequently founded a lease servicing business which he eventually sold to a major investment bank. He currently manages Triple Point's SME leasing and lending team. Neil graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Economics.

THE TEAM

Matt Chandler

Investor Relations

Matt will be our investor’s first point of contact. He joins from a FinTech start-up where he was Business Development Manager and head of Corporate Partnerships. He is a graduate of Nottingham University with a degree in Business Management.

Sophie Coleman

Investor Operations

Sophie ensures everything behind the scenes is running smoothly. She has 5 years of experience in managing client operations and is in charge of running our agent function and reconciliations. She graduated in Criminology & Law at University of the West of England.

Natalie Edmondson

Lease Accounting

Natalie provides our accounting services for all leasing and funding operations. Previously she was a reconciliation officer at ComputerShare Ltd. Natalie graduated in Accounting and Finance at the University of the West of England.

Jonathan Parr

Head of Tax and Structuring

Jonathan ensures that we consistently offer the best products and keep on top of industry movements. He has completed over £50m of investment in the residential solar PV sector and also leads on Product Development. He joined from Deloitte where he spent four years in tax advisory. He has a BSc in Physics from University of Manchester, and is a Chartered Tax Adviser and a CFA Charterholder.

Harry Penberthy

Head of Marketing

Harry has experience in overseeing internal content marketing and communications having worked as Creative Director at Global Mouse and latterly as a founding member of BrightRock. He brings over 10 years’ experience in content marketing, much of which has been spent focused on digital platforms.

Hannah Tarry

Lease Administration

Hannah does all the hard work involved in administering our lease portfolio. She has 5 years of experience in lease administration and is a graduate of the University of Westminster with a degree in Psychology.