This year has seen Ultimate Finance achieve new record performances, notably in the provision of Asset Finance solutions where our loan book reached £100m at the end of the first quarter. With the first half of 2024 proving to be our highest-ever new business origination period, we are proud to have provided thousands of businesses with access to the right funding solution to help them keep moving.
With a strong start to the year already, we shine the light on our team and explore what motivates them and what they believe makes Ultimate Finance the funding partner of choice.
Our Regional Directors team
Jamie Glenn, Regional Director
Jamie joined as a Regional Director with Ultimate Finance in 2019 and, since then, has been continuously working hard to best support his broker network and our clients. Through his work, he helps businesses purchase assets key to their growth or to simply just keep moving and supports their cashflow requirements through the refinancing of existing assets to quickly access working capital.
When Jamie isn’t busy building his working relationships, he is either spending time with his family at his favourite spot, Whitby beach, or getting lost in the music he is playing as a DJ.
Daniel Sellwood, Regional Director
Dan started at Ultimate Finance in 2022 and brought with him over 10 years of experience in the industry. He has successfully pushed through barriers to support our brokers and help our clients reach their business potential. And by providing funding that really makes a difference, he has also been assisting businesses that find themselves at a crossroad.
Dan has two children, and is newly married, and when he’s not being a father or husband, he enjoys watching and supporting Southampton Football Club or playing on a golf course.
John Hallett, Regional Director
John started at Ultimate Finance in 2017, and since then has supported and maintained a high level of broker relationships and has been working with them to support more and more businesses across the country. With a passion for Asset Finance, his vast knowledge and experience in securing the right deal for his clients has seen many of our clients grow from strength to strength.
Although if asked his partner would tell us he works all the time, you can, on occasions, find John on a golf course or supporting Leicester Football Club.
Stephen Brook, Senior Regional Director
Since starting at Ultimate Finance in 2016, Stephen has always ensured he provides an excellent service to brokers, business owners and partners. He thrives on working with his introducer network, having worked with many of his contacts for over a decade now. Through funding hard assets and providing funding that can help make a difference, he is very proud to have already supported the ambitions of businesses across all industries and to have contributed to their success.
Dedicating most of his spare time to his daughter, Stephen also enjoys football and boxing, having competed in both in his younger years.
Our Broker Desk team
Bethan Holliday, Head of Broker Desk
Beth brings to Ultimate finance over 25 years’ experience in the finance industry, and since 2018 she has been leading our Broker Desk to where it is now. She has played a pivotal part in the growth and development of our business and is the heart of our Asset Finance division. Through her exceptional customer service skills as well as her ever growing sales technique our relationship management offering has reached new heights.
When she’s not developing great relationships at work, she likes to dedicate her free time to her husband and two children, with frequent holidays spent in their caravan in Wales or seeing the world on a cruise ship.
Amber Brownsword, Broker Coordinator
Amber joined our Asset Finance team in 2021 as an Administrator in our Pay-Outs team before becoming a part of our Broker Desk where she has been thriving on the rewarding aspect of the role, especially when working alongside our broker network to help a challenging deal get over the line.
In her free time, she loves to travel, with Nepal currently at the top of her bucket list or adding new shoes to her impressive collection of trainers.
Tansy Pratten, Broker Coordinator
Considered as one of the longest serving members at Ultimate Finance, Tansy joined the business when it was just a start up, and thus has experienced first-hand the evolution of our lending proposition. Having assumed many roles throughout the years, she is now part of our Broker Desk where she enjoys developing relationships with introducers.
Married to her childhood sweetheart, they share their home with their two lively children, and she enjoys weekends away to explore new places or sharing food and drinks with friends when she’s not exercising to keep on top of her physical and mental health.
Jenni Goosen, Broker Coordinator
Joining Ultimate Finance in 2024 as part of the Broker Desk team, Jenni provides support to our Regional Directors across the country and seeks out new business opportunities whilst ensuring a continual business growth. As a previous business owner herself, she understands the challenges that this can bring and is able to use her knowledge to help support brokers and help clients access the right funding solutions to help them meet their ambitions.
In her downtime – when that happens with looking after three children – she enjoys socialising with friends or watching the latest ‘must watch’ Drama series.
Ben Grisole, Broker Coordinator
Ben started in 2024 and, although he is the youngest member of our Broker Desk, he hasn’t’ let his age stand in the way of performance. He has been playing a key part within the team by supporting our Head of Broker Desk, Bethan, as well as our Regional Directors and their customers. No task is too big for Ben, and he will go out of his way to ensure brokers and business owners are happy with the solutions we provide them.
Ben enjoys snowboarding, so in his downtime, he is always thinking of the next spot to visit to get on the slopes.
Our Underwriting team
Jamie Ray, Underwriter
Jamie joined us as an Underwriter in 2022 and brought with him an extensive knowledge and experience in the industry. Before this, he worked in a wide variety of commercial credit application, which made for a seamless transition to Ultimate Finance. He enjoys the fast paced aspect of his role and getting to work with a wide variety of assets.
Jamie doesn’t really get ‘spare’ time as on the evenings and weekend he enjoys getting greasy from doing maintenance work on his car or getting covered in plaster whilst refurbing his home.
Charlotte Metcalf, Underwriter
Charlotte has worked with us since 2019, when she joined our Invoice Finance team as an Assistant Relationship Manager. Showing an interest in underwriting, she later moved to our Asset Finance team in 2021 where later began her journey as an Underwriter. Her passion and dedication to this role is to balance affordable lending and our risk appetite. She endeavours to find ways to tailor funding solutions that work for our introducers and clients and enjoys being an integral part of being a ‘story book lender’.
In Charlotte’s spare time, she enjoys travelling, with her latest adventures including visiting Croatia, Turkey and Greece to name a few.
Sophie Illife, Underwriter
Sophie was fresh out of university when she joined us in 2017 as a member of our Payouts team. She then moved onto our Asset Finance Broker Desk in 2019 and then in 2023 became one of our Underwriters where her extensive knowledge has been paramount to our success. Sophie is always the first to offer assistance with any queries or questions from colleagues and customers and she thrives on delivering great results, especially when working on challenging deals.
Outside of work, you may find her exploring with her partner in their caravan or taking time out for herself and going for a run.
Meg Illife, Underwriter
Meg started in the Payouts team in 2020, and has recently moved to our Asset Finance Underwriting tea, where she plays a key part integral to our ‘one touch underwriting approach’. She enjoys the array of work that her role provides, as no two deals are the same and each brings a new challenge. Her passion and drive have made her a real asset to our team, and have led her to recently successfully complete her Asset Finance Diploma.
When Meg isn’t underwriting Asset Finance proposals, she enjoys running, crocheting as well as watching the latest crime series.
Asset Finance solutions that help keep business moving
Ultimate Finance provides tailored and flexible Asset Finance solutions to support businesses looking to acquire plant, machinery, and vehicles, or looking to inject further cash into their company by tapping into the capital tied up in existing assets. With facilities up to £2m and £500k available per asset, the solutions remove the need for hefty deposits and offer easy-to-manage repayment plans from one to five years.
Find out more about the types of Asset Finance solutions we offer, and what assets are eligible for funding. If you are an Introducer looking to discuss your clients’ requirements with our team, register online in seconds to get started.
