Mr Colin Marks

Colin Marks has over 37 years experience in the banking industry having undertaken a variety of managerial roles including internal audit, relationship management and the credit and recoveries functions, predominately within the SME marketplace.

Colin has extensive experience in managing the banking relationship, having dealt with a diverse portfolio of customers whilst a relationship manager in Central London. He subsequently moved to a central risk function with a significant personal lending discretion and national responsibility for the SME Retail and Wholesale sector. Colin then took on a recoveries role where he managed a portfolio of mainly asset backed distressed debt.

Colin also specialised in dealing with a high volume of recovery cases where interest rates derivatives were in place. He was on a number of committees regarding the review of potential mis-selling and the subsequent impact upon the recovery process.

Colin has experience as a Banking expert witness, Lending expert witness and as a FCA Regulation expert witness.

Areas of Expertise
Loans, bonds, guarantees and other advances to companies, partnerships, individuals and other entities.
Sector specific finance for property development and investment, highly leveraged transactions & acquisitions, government supported schemes, trade finance, marketable securities, factoring, asset finance, invoice discounting and supplier finance.