LGB successfully completes £15m secured note programme for Roma Finance

We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of a new £15m secured note programme for Roma Finance (“Roma”), a leading specialist property lender. This milestone brings total issuance capacity across Roma’s two programmes to £40m and marks an exciting evolution in our partnership.

In July 2023, LGB established a £15m programme for Romaco SPV 2, a subsidiary of Roma, providing subordinated funding alongside senior bank lending for bridging and development loans. Since establishment, the programme has issued over £10m of notes to LGB investors and supported the growth in Roma’s loan book to over £175m. In conjunction with the establishment of Roma’s second programme, the Romaco SPV 2 programme was increased to £25m in December 2024.

Given the success of Roma’s first programme, we were delighted to establish a second £15m programme for a separate subsidiary, Romaco SPV 10, to provide subordinated funding behind a new £100m senior facility from NatWest Bank, lending against bridging and buy-to-let loans. The transaction was completed in mid-December 2024 with the first £8m of note issuance under the programme provided by an institutional investor.

Scott Marshall, Managing Director, ‎Roma Finance, said: “Roma and LGB have built a strong working relationship over the past 18 months, and we’re delighted to have further cemented that partnership with this second £15m programme to support our new £100m senior facility from NatWest. In 2024, Roma had its best ever year resulting in growth of almost 60% across a variety of metrics. Roma is now widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading specialist lending brands and we look forward to an exciting 2025 with a series of new products and process enhancements.”
Fergus Rendall, Director, LGB Capital Markets, said: “We are really pleased to have established a second programme for Roma Finance, demonstrating our ability to deliver tailored and innovative funding solutions for growing businesses. Taking Roma’s total facilities to £40m is a significant achievement and highlights the confidence investors’ have in Roma’s experienced management team and their disciplined approach to credit underwriting. This partnership reflects LGB’s continued evolution in supporting specialist lenders with scalable, structured finance solutions. Roma’s new programme now brings the total value of programmes arranged by LGB to over £450 million.”

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Managing Director

Simone Westerhuis

Simone joined LGB in 2012 and is responsible for LGB & Co.’s business with institutional investors, wealth managers and sophisticated private investors. Simone’s team provides access to a range of compelling investment opportunities with a particular emphasis on structuring laddered portfolios of fixed income. In addition, the team manages portfolios of clients who have entered into advisory agreements with LGB Investments, and advises the fund managers of the Guernsey-based LGB SME Private Debt Fund. Prior to joining LGB & Co., Simone worked in the institutional fixed income department of Citigroup Global Markets. She began her career at Citigroup Private Bank in Geneva. Simone graduated from the University of Lausanne with a degree in HEC, Business Administration. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and a Director of LGB.

Associate Director

Megan Dempster

Megan joined LGB in 2021 as a Relationship Manager. She is responsible for all day-to-day transactions with investment clients and oversees the LGB Investments Platform and Deal Hub. Prior to LGB, Megan worked at Puma Investments, a tax-efficient investment provider, in the sales and investor services team. Megan graduated from the University of Bath with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, and has obtained the CISI Level 4 Diploma in Investment Advice.

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Simon Lough

Simon became an Advisor to the Board of LGB & Co. with a focus on business strategy and initiatives in March 2024. Simon has extensive experience debt capital markets and wealth management. He previously ran the client and then the investment business of Heartwood and became Chief Executive in 2008. He led its well-regarded acquisition by Handelsbanken in 2013. Simon subsequently became NED and Chair of AIM-listed WH Ireland Group PLC. He was also asked to represent the wealth management sector on the FCA Smaller Business Practitioner Panel from 2013-2016.

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Andrew Boyle

Andrew founded LGB & Co. in 2005 and is the Chairman of the company. He has a particular focus on the development of strategic relationships with corporate clients and business partners. Prior to founding LGB & Co., Andrew was a Managing Director at Citigroup Global Markets, where he was responsible for its fixed-income business with private banks and retail institutions. Earlier in his career Andrew worked at Schroders in London and Tokyo. Andrew graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Modern History. He is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Capital Markets Director

Fergus Rendall

Fergus advises corporate clients looking to raise debt and equity capital. He is also responsible for the execution and ongoing management of LGB’s MTN Programmes. Fergus joined LGB in 2019 having started his career at Lloyds Banking Group on the graduate training programme, before moving to the Leveraged Finance division, where he focused on transactions with mid-market corporates and PE firms. Fergus holds an MSc in Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen.

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Lisa Pickup

Lisa has worked with LGB since 2015 in supporting the on-going cultural and organisational development of the firm, providing advice on strategic people matters. Since 2006, Lisa has been running her own consultancy and executive coaching business, People Possibilities Ltd. Her work is focused on supporting clients at an organisational, team and individual level to enable high performance,improve leadership capability and effect cultural and behavioural change. Previously Lisa has held senior HR leadership positions with Schroders, ABN AMRO and HSBC. Lisa graduated from the University of Birmingham with an honours degree in International Relations & French. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a qualified Executive Coach.

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Charles Breese

Charles has played an important role in developing LGB & Co.’s investment approach by encouraging a focus on investing in businesses with strong IP or know-how with recurring revenue business models that can prosper throughout economic cycles. Charles brings over 30 years’ experience of investing in privately-owned and publicly-listed small and mid-market companies. He is a director of Larpent Newton & Co. and Hygea VCT plc. Charles qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Peat Marwick, now part of KPMG.

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Cedric Parent

Cedric was appointed CEO in July 2022 after a period of 18 months as a COO. Cedric spent 15 years working on the energy and commodities sales and trading desks for global banks (BNP Paribas, BAML and MUFG). He gained extensive international exposure, being based in London and Singapore and covering transactions in all geographic regions. Cedric graduated from Global Executive MBA at INSEAD in 2018 and started working in the capital markets space for growth-stage companies. He is also a director of LGB.

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Ivan Sedgwick

Ivan is LGB’s Investment Director: he is responsible for developing LGB’s investment proposition in the context of the broader market and economic developments. He regularly meets individual company management teams to seek out and monitor investment opportunities. Ivan has served as a senior adviser to the Equity Division of Société Générale, and was previously Managing Director in charge of equity sales for them in London. Earlier in his career, Ivan worked at Morgan Stanley, Lazards and Schroders. He has degrees in history from Cambridge University & London University, and an MBA from Cass Business School.

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