Wilkins Kennedy appoints new Head of Client Services

With 17 years experience in the asset based lending and banking sectors, Colin joins Wilkins Kennedy from Bank of Scotland where he held the position of Director of Major Corporates. Prior to this he was Regional Director of asset based lending firm G.E. Commercial Finance, and also spent ten years at Five Arrows, the asset based lending division at NM Rothschild, rising to the position of Southern Sales Director.

As Head of Client Services, a newly created hybrid role, Colin will be responsible for bringing together the corporate finance and restructuring and recovery areas of the business, along with tax and audit, and raising the profile of the 12 office firm by expanding relationships and exploring new business development with a range of external professional contacts across the financial sector.

Colin McPhail, Head of Client Services at Wilkins Kennedy, says, “In this current climate, bringing together the corporate finance and recovery areas of the business as a combined services entity is crucial. Having worked on several multi-million pound deals with the teams at Wilkins Kennedy and WK Corporate Finance in my previous roles, I know they have an excellent reputation across the marketplace, and I am delighted to join this continually growing firm.”

Colin Wiseman, Managing Partner at Wilkins Kennedy, comments, “ Colin’s extensive background knowledge of the marketplace and unrivalled experience in asset based lending and banking will be a real asset to us here at Wilkins Kennedy and we would like to warmly welcome him to the firm.”