The team
MEET THE TEAM BEHIND OVER $33 BILLION IN WORKING CAPITAL FINANCING
ADRIAN SPURLING
Funding Manager
Adrian has over 30 years’ experience across law and finance, with deep expertise in structured finance, securitisation and trade finance. He has worked extensively on complex transactions globally, applying a combination of legal and finance insight to successfully close deals in challenging environments. Before joining Levantor, Adrian spent nearly 20 years at GE Capital as Managing Director, following senior roles at Bank One Corporation, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and ING Barings. Earlier in his career, he trained and practised as a lawyer at Freshfields, building a strong legal foundation that continues to inform his commercial and transactional approach. Adrian brings this breadth of experience to Levantor as a consultant Project Manager, where he leads strategic initiatives to support business growth.
ALEX DAW
Managing Director
Alex has over two decades of banking and corporate finance experience, specialising in credit, portfolio management and corporate and investment banking solutions for global clients. He began his career at The Royal Bank of Scotland, where he spent more than ten years in senior roles including Head of Transaction Portfolio Management for the Telecom, Media & Technology sector. He later joined Mizuho in New York, progressing to Managing Director for North American Banking, before returning to London to take up his current role at Levantor. His expertise spans corporate and investment banking, cross-border financing, and developing long-term client relationships. Alex studied at the University of Leicester.
DAVID HICKS
Managing Director
David has more than 20 years’ experience supporting global manufacturers and their regional distribution partners with payables and receivables-based trade finance programs to facilitate sales growth. He has held senior global client and origination roles with Deutsche Bank, IBM Global Financing, Macquarie Bank and platform-based FinTechs including start-ups. In managing trade finance relationships with worldwide technology vendors and leading EMEA and AP distributors, David has developed a sound understanding of their sales growth, credit risk and working capital requirements and in recent years extended the focus to include a broader range of channel-based sectors.​