Matthew Davies Director, Commercial Finance, UK Finance Matt is Director in UK Finance’s Commercial Finance team, working particularly with Invoice Finance and Asset-Based Lending members. Prior to UK Finance, Matt was at the Asset Based Finance Association which he joined in 2011 as Head of Government Affairs and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 2015. He joined the association from the specialist law firm Bircham Dyson Bell, where he was head of public affairs, advising clients across financial services, healthcare, transport, retail and infrastructure. Before joining BDB he was a director at DLA Piper’s Global Government Relations practice where his clients ranged widely from financial services businesses to overseas governments. Matthew holds a Master’s degree in International Relations.