Peadar is Managing Director of the Praetura Lending Division, where he has responsibility for Praetura Asset Finance, Praetura Commercial Finance and Zodeq. Peadar co-founded Praetura and has over 25 years’ secured lending experience, having previously held senior roles at Bank of Ireland and ABN Amro.

Prior to founding Praetura, he helped establish a successful UK ABL business for Bank of Ireland before going on to raise over £600m of bank facilities from mainstream and specialist institutions for the Praetura Group’s companies. He is a founding Director of Praetura Asset Finance and Praetura Commercial Finance.

David Allanson has held a number of senior positions at Lloyds Banking Group over the last 20 years, from working across corporate and leveraged debt structures to supporting the growth of SMEs and mid-level businesses.

Throughout his career, he has helped companies from a range of sectors as well as major regional businesses such as Euro Garages, JD and Redrow. More recently, he has worked in non-executive and board advisory roles for the likes of KPMG and Tosca Debt Capital.

Susan was a career lawyer and a former Partner at Squire Patton Boggs where she spent 20 years and led the European Restructuring Practice Group. Susan previously worked for Linklaters. Susan was a Fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, a board member of the Turnaround Management Association Europe and was certified by the European Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals.