Meet the Team
As a member business of ACP, a leading independent debt advisory association, clients have access to a broad range of experts offering advice and support to SMEs and mid-market companies.
John Weeden
Managing Partner
Mobile: +44 (0)7872 535 285 Email:john.weeden@cadenceadvisory.co.uk
Hugely experienced ABL lender with nearly 15 years lending experience with UK-based High Street lender and previously 5 years at ground breaking US ABL provider.
Mathematics and Economics graduate, worked in insolvency prior to joining Burdale Financial in 1998, supporting the risk function and business development through an aggressive growth period. Joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2003 in credit risk and underwriting. Latterly Head of ABL Transactions at LBG, involved in complex, primarily Mid-Cap and syndicated ABL opportunities. In-depth knowledge across a broad range of ABL elements, including: collateral audit; credit and underwriting; origination; strategy; product development; complex structuring; and syndicated deal management. Expert in ABL legal documentation having negotiated in excess of 50 complex bilateral, international and syndicated ABL facility documents.
Joe Wood
Partner
Telephone: +44(0)7711 023 980 Email: joe.wood@cadenceadvisory.co.uk
Responsible for originating and executing debt advisory transactions for UK corporates and financial sponsors. True entrepreneur mindset, career started supporting startups that were looking for funding, completing mandates for smaller ticket transactions before moving to Aurelius Private Equity, working as an in-house debt advisor supporting all of the UK and US, and some of the Nordic and EMEA transactions ranging from £1m to £300m+ transactions. Through the experience, Joe has built excellent modelling expertise and an extensive lending network in the UK and European markets. Additionally, Joe is pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), having recently passed CFA Level I and achieve the top 90% in his cohort.