Working capital structuring and advisory firm Silver Birch has appointed 14 prominent industry figures to its newly formed advisory board, including former executives from Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Demica.
London-headquartered Silver Birch, which is backed by private equity partners at TDR Capital, helps multinationals optimise working capital through the release of cash from inventory and receivables. The advisory board’s expertise spans banking, risk, technology, structuring and securitisation.
From the banking sector, Erik Arveschoug, Citi’s former global head of corporate banking coverage for technology, media and telecoms clients, has joined the advisory board and been named vice-chairman of Silver Birch’s main board.
Arveschoug is the most senior external appointment Silver Birch has made to date, which the company said reflects its ambition to deepen its presence across global corporate banking relationships.
Sanjay Tandon, former global head of commodities, global trade and receivables finance at HSBC; Paul Hare, former portfolio management head at Standard Chartered; and Scott Barton, managing director for corporate and institutional banking at Lloyds Banking Group, have also joined the advisory board.
Matt Wreford has joined the advisory board after more than a decade as chief executive of Demica, which was acquired by FIS in 2025.
Matthew Clay has been appointed to provide technology expertise, after more than eight years at Tradeteq – including two as chief technology officer – before the firm was acquired by Silver Birch last year. The acquisition expanded its securitisation-as-a-service capability and broadened its institutional investor base, the company said at the time.
Annette Spencer, CEO of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, David Bucknall, CEO of Ineos Energy, and Gavin Reid, former head of risk at BP’s trading business, have also been appointed, which Silver Birch said signalled its ambitions to better connect with global corporates.
The trio will bring treasury, energy and commodity trading perspectives directly into the firm’s strategic development, it said. Silver Birch’s pipeline of multinational clients spans the oil and gas, telecoms, technology, metals and agri sectors across the Americas, Asia Pacific and Emea.
The other members of the advisory board are Gary Lindsay, managing partner at TDR Capital; Matt Taylor, head of alternative debt at LGIM; Paul Noble, founder and former CEO of Verusen; Scott Richards, managing partner at Ironsharp Capital; and Kelvin Tan, chief investment officer at GTR Ventures.
Silver Birch chief executive Sean Hanafin said the decision to establish an advisory board reflected the company’s “organic plan for the next stage of its growth, building on the successful integration of Tradeteq and a fivefold expansion in institutional partnerships over the past three years”.
“Silver Birch is targeting a material increase in assets under management over the next 24 months, with the advisory board providing origination reach, sector validation and governance depth to support that trajectory,” he told GTR.
Silver Birch partners with over 25 banks and asset managers and has arranged more than 400 transactions for major corporate clients over the past five years, with more than US$2bn of assets currently outstanding, he added.
