AFPA Trust Welcomes Three New Ambassadors

by David Marsh | Feb 27, 2025 | Articles

The AFPA Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Lyons, Julie Warren, and Kris Turner as its newest ambassadors. These individuals bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the Trust, further strengthening its mission to raise money for good causes by hosting events and improving connections in and around the asset finance and leasing sector.

Mark Lyons Mark Lyons has 20+ years’ experience as a recruitment partner to the Financial Services, Banking and Automotive sectors, having had an earlier career in asset finance sales for Bank of Scotland. His recruitment experience spans various disciplines, from junior to board-level appointments and from individual hires to multiple team placements

Julie Warren has over 35 years of experience in corporate finance across top 4 banks, FinTech’s, and Independents. She focuses on Senior Sales and Marketing roles within both Invoice and Asset Finance and is currently the CMO at Propel Finance and Chair of Hydr Finance.

Kris Turner is the VP of Business Development, leveraging his extensive experience from Apak Group and Sopra Banking Software, where he held senior roles in account management, business development, and sales enablement.

“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Julie, Mark, and Kris as ambassadors for the AFPA Trust,” said Aysha Ellis-Aziz, Deputy Chair of the AFPA Trust. “It’s fantastic to see such accomplished professionals join our team. Their diverse backgrounds and expertise will be invaluable as we continue to grow and expand our reach. We’re also incredibly proud that two of our previous ambassadors have recently been appointed to the board of Trustees. This demonstrates the strength of our ambassador program and the commitment of our supporters to the AFPA Trust’s mission.”

The AFPA Trust looks forward to collaborating with its new ambassadors to advance its goals and charitable objectives.

Philip White Update and How You Can Support Him

by | May 3, 2019 | Articles

Many of our members and friends will know of Philip White as a longstanding member of our lending community and some of you will know him personally, However, you may not have heard of his unfortunate accident and his difficult path to recovery. Please do take a look here to read more about Phil’s recovery and how you can support him. Many thanks. All at AFPA Trust’

25% of Sales go to AFPA Trust – The A to Z of Leasing and Asset Finance Publication

by | May 3, 2019 | Articles

There are very few places you can go to, to get an overview of how the Leasing and Asset Finance Industry works. That is until now, where the A to Z has been put together and updated Julian Rose and our very own AFPA Trust Chair, Stephen Bassett The book launch is causing quite a buzz with both experienced players and those looking to make a career within the industry. As we know, understanding the language and sector acronyms can be a challenge in its own right. This has now been solved for you! Many Finance Houses and Broker firms are already providing the book for each of their trainees and new starters under induction, what a good idea! To order your copy/ies please contact Julian Rose at Asset Finance Policy by email, julian@assetfinancepolicy.co.uk or call 07914 071620. Be sure to mention AFPA Trust. Asset Finance Policy will then donate 25% of the £30 cover price to AFPA Trust. Thank you for your support!

AFPA Trust & the IAA Raise £33,258 For Macmillan

by | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles

The Institute of Directors (IoD) recently hosted a presentation at 116 Pall Mall, to recognise AFPA Trust and the IAA for their donation to Macmillan Cancer Support, of the funds raised at the joint Christmas Charity Lunch. Macmillan graciously accepted what they called ‘a significant amount’ and greatly hoped that our support would continue into 2020.  Readers may like to know that the planning for this is already well underway. We will update you as soon as details are available for this amazing sellout event