Martin NoakesManaging Director, Head of UK Structured Finance, NatWestMartin Noakes is Managing Director and Head of UK Financing Solutions (UKFS), London & South East at NatWest, where he leads a national team delivering asset-based lending and structured finance solutions to UK SMEs and large corporates across the UK, Western Europe and the US. With over two decades of experience spanning Retail, Business Banking, Commercial & Large Corporate, and Capital Markets, Martin brings deep technical expertise and strategic leadership to the forefront of Corporate Finance. Martin has also held senior roles in Lending Transformation and Structured Portfolio Management, where he has led bank-wide digitisation initiatives and global capital management teams across multiple product disciplines such as Commodity Finance, Supply Chain Finance, and Securitisation. Martin holds a BSc (Hons) in Banking and International Finance, sits on the SteerCo for SFNet and is passionate about continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering strategic value through industry wide collaboration.