About us

Nationwide corporate recovery and business turnaround specialist

SFP is a nationwide corporate recovery and business turnaround specialist, based in Canary Wharf, London. It was founded by Simon and Daniel Plant, both licensed Insolvency Practitioners, in 2002 and has a key focus within the corporate lending community. SFP has more than 60 employees, with each of its specialist business divisions overseen by a director and account team.

Phil Chesham — Director
Positive Cashflow Finance

30 years experience within the insolvency industry

The Managing Partners have more than 30 years experience within the turnaround and restructuring industry, with specialist knowledge of the accountancy and legal professions. With SFP’s extensive industry experience, the Group is regularly instructed to advise and work alongside financiers, quoted and privately owned companies and individuals nationwide in the fields of raising finance, forensic accounting, asset funding, debt recovery, corporate restructuring, and business turnaround.

Tony Haynes — National Sales Controller
Lloyds TSB

More than 60 employees

SFP has more than 60 employees, with each of its specialist business divisions overseen by a director and account team.

David Arthur — UK Sales Director
Bibby Group of Factors Ltd.

Co-founders

  • simon-plant

    Simon Plant Group Partner

    A licensed Insolvency Practitioner and an established lawyer specialising in insolvency, credit and security law, Simon is one of a few UK lawyers to change professions into the turnaround world. He has core expertise of the corporate restructuring and refinancing market.

  • daniel-plant

    Daniel Plant Group Partner

    Daniel is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner with over 15 years industry experience. He has a specialist expertise in dealing with corporate failures and complicated and demanding trading Administrations, including many high profile assignments.

Directors

  • simon-carter

    Simon Carter Co-director of SFP Brokers

    With over 20 years experience working as a senior underwriter, operations director, sales director and commercial director within the Invoice Finance sector, Simon has helped to grow Touch Financial into the largest Invoice Finance brokerage.

  • mark-jefferson

    Mark Jefferson Co-director of SFP Brokers

    Mark has over 25 years experience in financial services, in both the UK and Australasian markets. With expertise in marketing, operations and underwriting, he has been instrumental in developing Touch Financial's strategic relationships with the lending community.

  • jeremy-perceval

    Jeremy Perceval Director of SFP Property

    As a qualified chartered surveyor, Jeremy has over 20 years experience in revaluing, overseeing disposals and negotiations in property related insolvency cases or business turnaround scenarios throughout the UK.

  • robert-welby

    Robert Welby Director of SFP Forensic

    Robert is a chartered accountant and licensed Insolvency Practitioner, with over 25 years experience in forensic accountancy for the legal, insolvency and lending sectors, and for Government departments.

  • richard-lessing

    Richard Lessing Director of SFP Datastore

    With more than ten years experience within data storage, Richard provides key expertise in the resourcing of document management and scheduling for the SFP Group, working alongside SFP Forensic, SFP Recoveries and SFP Property.

Managers/Heads of Department

  • marc-beckwith

    Marc Beckwith SFP Finance Senior Manager

    An ACCA qualified Accountant who has more than 16 years of experience within the corporate accountancy and insolvency professions. As manager of the finance team, he specialises in both turnaround and insolvency trading scenarios dealing with the financial management, finance functions and procedures.

  • annabel-ah-lim

    Annabel Ah Lim SFP Forensic Senior Manager

    Annabel has over 10 years experience as a qualified accountant. She spent the first five years working in General Accounting before specialising in Forensic Accounting, with particular emphasis upon investigations and independent business reviews.

  • alex-kyriacou

    Alex Kyriacou SFP Brokers Manager

    Alex has a wide experience of the asset finance market, having worked with Lloyds TSB in underwriting and business development. As brokerage manager he establishes key relationships with lenders and ensures the professional handling of enquiries.

  • lisa-wilton

    Lisa Wilton SFP Corporate Tax Manager

    Lisa is responsible for the corporate tax compliance on all SFP instructions. ACA qualified, she has more than eight years experience in the financial sector, working at international accountancy firms to gain specialist expertise in auditing and corporate tax.

  • jason-sedgwick

    Jason Sedgwick SFP Recoveries Manager

    Jason has in excess of 8 years experience in corporate recovery and is a qualified member of the Institute of Credit Management. Overseeing the Recoveries team, he deals with pre and post-lend reviews, reconciling sales ledgers, managing credit control systems and the collections process.

  • emma-levett

    Emma Levett SFP Forensic Manager

    With a background in accountancy, Emma started her career assisting the police with financial investigations. She has been working in the recovery and restructuring world for three years where she covers asset tracing, IBRs, audits and insolvency investigations.

  • jonathan-seifert

    Jonathan Seifert SFP Restructuring Manager

    A chartered accountant and JIE qualified, Jonathan has also had the benefit of experience within the finance and banking world. At SFP he deals with the management of businesses during the turnaround and insolvency process.

  • david-kemp

    David Kemp SFP Restructuring Manager

    Law graduate, CPI and JIE qualified, David has over five years experience within the business restructuring and turnaround industry. At SFP he deals with restructuring corporates in both turnaround and insolvency scenarios.

  • gemma-pretlove

    Gemma Pretlove SFP Compliance Manager

    During her 13 years of experience in the insolvency industry, ACCA and JIE qualified Gemma has spent the last three years as a compliance expert, She now manages the SFP compliance team, ensuring that the SFP Group complies with all statutes and regulatory requirements.

  • norman-ramsay

    Norman Ramsay Head of External Sales

    Overseeing the SFP sales team, Norman is responsible for ensuring that all clients receive the full benefits of the services SFP offers. With five years experience within the commercial finance sector, Norman is a key relationship holder with many of the lenders that SFP works with.

  • crystal-edmunds

    Crystal Edmunds Group HR Manager

    As head of HR and a member of the CIPD, Crystal is responsible for all of the staff development and training at SFP. She has spent over six years in the insolvency and recovery sector, overseeing all policies and procedures for the team.

  • patrick-hogan

    Patrick Hogan Business Development Manager

    Patrick has 17 years experience at RBS and as Regional Manager for a top 50 FTSE company. His role at SFP involves building stronger relationships with accountants at a national level including sourcing new relationships with intermediaries and working with accountants in finding reciprocal business opportunities.

  • yaser-ayub

    Yaser Ayub Head of Digital

    As the Head of Digital, Yaser has driven the digital strategy of the Group, which has seen the creation and design of two new Group websites, a growth in search marketing and an increase in web traffic to the SFP Group. Yaser is responsible for all digital projects, e-marketing and graphic design at SFP.

  • sara-oweidah

    Sara Oweidah Head of Partnerships

    As Head of Partnerships, Sara is responsible for all external relations, from both new and existing suppliers and partners to trade organisations and industry bodies. She is also responsible for actively promoting the SFP Group and growing awareness of its brokerage service to the SME market.

  • lucy-morey

    Lucy Morey Head of Facilities & Events

    With a background in office management in the financial sector, Lucy is responsible for running and organising the facilities within the SFP Group. She also oversees all the marketing events for the company.

  • hannah-fairall

    Hannah Fairall Head of Secretarial Support

    As Head of Secretarial Support, Hannah oversees the secretarial support team and is also responsible for setting up new procedures and systems. In this role, she acts also as the liaison for the administrations team. Managing the appointments whilst the team are on site, ensuring statutory deadlines are met.