our team

Driven by a responsibility to our clients

Meet the team

Ian Cunningham

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

  • Founded Affiniti Finance in 2014
  • Over 10 years experience in Legal Funding

    • Nick Shapland

    DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER

  • Founded Affiniti Finance in 2014
  • Qualified Financial Services Executive with a 20 year track record

    • Joanna Burgess

    STRATEGY & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

  • Over 10 years experience at the UK’s largest Insurer and Insurance Broker
  • Responsible for the operational oversight, governance and strategic planning for the company

    • Grant Cumbley

    HEAD OF PRICING & RISK

  • 20 years’ experience in the legal, ATE and cost sectors
  • Responsible for the pricing, risk analysis and underwriting of new cases across Affiniti’s product divisions

    • Adel Belton

    HEAD OF COMPLIANCE

  • Over 20 years’ experience in the Consumer Credit and Financial Services industry
  • Responsible for implementing and overseeing controls in relation to compliance with regulatory requirements

    • Commercial Investments team

    Nick Pontt

    MANAGING DIRECTOR / HEAD OF COMMERCIAL

  • Solicitor, qualified in Australia, England and Wales, specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration
  • Extensive experience in advising clients in a wide range of high-profile International contentious matters

    • Nick Sulman

    INVESTMENT MANAGER

  • Solicitor, qualified in Australia, England and Wales, with extensive financial services and commercial litigation and arbitration experience
  • Has acted for a broad range of individuals, companies and insolvency and financial services professionals, often cross-borders

    • Dave Drew

    INVESTMENT MANAGER

  • Qualified solicitor specialising in commercial litigation and cross-border investigations
  • Extensive experience in government and legislative affairs having worked for both the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Shadow Attorney General

    • Client Support & Service team

    Catrin Macleod

    HEAD OF CONSUMER LENDING

  • 20 years qualified solicitor with extensive hands on experience of operations management within a legal service environment
  • Responsible for the management, oversight and delivery of the Consumer lending division

    • Lauren Ashun

    CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

  • Responsible for generating new business in to Affiniti Finance and maintaining the ongoing relationships
  • Specialises in the training and delivery of the service to Law Firms

    • Jade Jones

    LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT EXECUTIVE

  • Over 10 years’ experience within Financial Services
  • Responsible for the onboarding and external audits of panel law firms

    • Andrea Billington



  • Supporting clients and their legal representatives through the application and life cycle of their loans
  • Over 20 years’ experience in the legal sector

    • Gary Scowen



  • Supporting clients and their legal representatives through the application and life cycle of their loans
  • Over 15 years’ experience working within the Banking and Insurance industry

    • Leon Woosnam



  • Supporting clients and their legal representatives through the application and life cycle of their loans
  • Over 13 years’ experience at 2 of the largest UK banks for Commercial and Personal Banking

    • Jo Jones



  • Supporting clients and their legal representatives through the application and life cycle of their loans
  • Over 25 years’ Customer Service experience across various service industries

    • Colette Owens



  • Supporting clients and their legal representatives through the application and life cycle of their loans
  • Over 30 years in customer facing Banking. Fully CeMap qualified Mortgage & Life Insurance Adviser

    • Affiniti Finance team

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