As Managing Director of Datatec Financial Services, Christian successfully built and managed an international finance company serving the IT sector. Under his leadership, the company expanded its operations across the UK & Europe, USA, and Australia & New Zealand, providing innovative payment structures and financial products to enable increased technology investment.
Whether you're seeking strategic advice, operational improvement, or support with specific financial initiatives, Christian's comprehensive experience in asset finance and advisory services can help you achieve your objectives.
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In a market defined by margin pressure, shifting regulation, evolving customer expectations, and rapidly advancing technology, financial services firms face difficult decisions when evaluating acquisitions or major investments. Traditional commercial due diligence has long formed part of that decision-making process, but the expectations placed on advisors are changing. Firms increasingly need insight that goes well […]
Independent SME lenders are navigating one of the most complex funding environments in a decade. Bank credit continues to tighten, government-backed schemes are evolving, and private credit, despite booming elsewhere, has yet to fully reach the SME ecosystem. Against this backdrop, the sustainability and diversity of wholesale funding is becoming a strategic priority for lenders […]
Whether you’re bank-owned and funded internally, or independent and funded through block discounting, securitisations or structured lending facilities, finance is not back office. In debt-reliant businesses, finance is the control tower that keeps capital flowing. When it is underbuilt, funding becomes slower and more expensive, covenants and triggers get breached, and management is forced into […]
What the PEAC/Topi, PEAC/ABN AMRO UK Leasing, and Shawbrook/ThinCats deals signal Deal flow has returned to the asset and specialty finance market. Over just a few days, three headline transactions have crystallised the themes many in the sector have anticipated for months: scale, technology enablement, and bank carve-outs into specialist platforms. 27 August 2025: PEAC […]
After a long period of inactivity, the UK's mergers and acquisitions market is starting to show signs of life. Over recent years, deal-making slowed down significantly, affected by economic challenges and global uncertainties. But as we move into the latter half of 2024, the situation is changing. Portfolios are starting to appear on the market—often […]
In an era of rapid growth and fierce competition, operational efficiency is key to success for businesses across sectors. This is particularly true in the automotive leasing industry, where streamlining processes and enhancing customer service can make all the difference. One leading automotive leasing broker recently grappled with these challenges as exponential organic growth put […]
I recently attended a session on global insolvencies and was confronted with a startling projection: the UK's SME debt refinancing requirements in 2024 tower over those of any other country, forming a seemingly insurmountable "Great Wall." This alarming visual underscores the immense challenges UK businesses face in the coming years as they navigate a landscape […]
Non-bank asset finance companies in the UK are almost entirely reliant on Block Funding (Block) for the liquidity they need to trade. Some see this as a strength in that Block is relatively simple, is not a banking product thrust upon us, and has been a staple source of funding for the last 10+ years. […]
With such a focus on growth over the last 12 months across the industry, and that growth not necessarily coming from the market, you would have expected more to have happened on the M&A front. However, taking a step back, there are a number of key reasons for this and some interesting alternative approaches that […]
Every business experiences highs and lows. These inevitable challenges might stem from a deteriorating liquidity position, loss of market profitability or growth in bad debts. And while the term 'restructuring' might sound daunting, it doesn't always translate to a crisis. Instead, it can be a proactive strategy to navigate through these challenges and steer your […]
The term ‘due diligence’ or DD, as it is often shortened to (somewhat ironic for a process that is rarely short), often strikes fear into business owners and management teams alike. Having hordes of external advisors combing through details of what feels like every transaction a company has ever made, looking for errors, can be […]
As a seller/borrower in any corporate finance transaction, some key drivers of value for you that are often not prioritised are: know your buyer/funder, prepare the story, and manage the process. Too often, the emphasis is solely on the financial performance and positioning the business using a template and then negotiating the best price. While […]
