Matthew Davies - Director, Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending, UK Finance

Matthew is Director in UK Finance’s Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending product and service area.  At any one time, members of this part of UK Finance will be providing around £18 billion of funding to around 40,000 businesses in the real economy.  The industry supports businesses of all sizes and has particular expertise in supporting small and mid-sized businesses.  Prior to the formation of UK Finance Matthew was at the Asset Based Finance Association which he joined in 2011 as Head of Government Affairs and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 2015.  He joined the association from the specialist law firm Bircham Dyson Bell, where he was joint-head of public affairs, advising clients across healthcare, transport, retail and infrastructure.  Before joining BDB he was a director at DLA Piper’s Global Government Relations practice where his clients ranged widely from financial services businesses to overseas governments.  Matthew holds a Master’s degree in International Relations.