Paul Hird

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Paul is an experienced Non-Executive and Corporate Finance Professional with a broad base of experience and achievements in senior management, corporate finance and strategic business planning based in the Hove office.

Paul has a wide range of experience of M&A, both as an acquirer, adviser, and lender. He was also continuously involved in providing direct Client support in complex cases where bespoke financing solutions were developed to support M&A, transformational product development or address financial stress.

Services offered include:

Sector Experience

Prior to EMC

Prior to joining EMC, Paul has successfully floated a new start business on AIM and most recently he was co-founder and Chief Executive of Leumi ABL, an asset-based lender that provided over £500m of facilities to Clients in the UK Mid-Market with assets of over £2.4billion being funded annually. 

Under Paul’s leadership the company was voted “Asset Based Lender of the year” by ACQ magazine in 2017 and ACQ5 in 2018. They also were award winners in Finance Monthly Global 2018 and M&A Today in 2019.

Paul has a strong belief in developing and motivating teams to enable the company to successfully execute their strategic business plans predominantly in the finance sector.

Paul is locally “born and bred” enjoys playing Golf and Bowls, watching most sports and is Chairman of Preston Nomads CC one of the most successful clubs in Sussex.