ThinCats expands its sponsors business development team across the North and the Midlands
Michelle is set to play a key role in servicing the increasing levels of demand for funding to support the growth of mid-sized SMEs across the North and Midlands, with a particular focus on supporting private equity backed businesses.
Michelle has worked with SMEs across the lower mid-market space for almost a decade and brings a wealth of experience in the financial services and business banking industry from her time working at Clydesdale Bank and more recently, Virgin Money. There she has spent the last two years as a director in acquisition leveraged finance.
Michelle joins ThinCats’ specialist sponsors origination team, which until now has been based in London.
Find out more about ThinCats private equity team here
I’m excited to be joining ThinCats at such an exciting stage of its development as SMEs and their advisers increasingly turn to alternative lenders to create the bespoke funding structures that they need. Sponsor backed businesses across the North and Midlands are well positioned to accelerate their growth plans and I look forward to helping them with this.
Michelle Heptinstall, Director Business Development Sponsors
Mike Hackett, Head of Business Development, ThinCats: “It’s great to welcome Michelle to our specialist sponsors team. We are funding increasing numbers of sponsor backed transactions across the country, so the time is right to have a physical presence, in region, to cover the North and Midlands. Michelle’s experience in this space is a fantastic addition to our capability and we look forward to supporting many more businesses with their funding needs.”
Michelle will be based from ThinCats’ new Manchester office and work closely with ThinCats’ existing regional development teams in the North West, North East and Midlands.
