Rob Cresswell Director - Head of Asset Based Lending

Rob specialises in Asset Based Lending (ABL) and works predominantly with Banks, ABLs and Specialist Lenders to help provide solutions ranging from funding restructures to company administrations and liquidations, alongside a licenced insolvency practitioner.

Experience

Rob operates a national role and manages ABL relationships to support clients in finding solvent solutions through funding restructures, cost analysis, margin improvement, and helps clients through challenging situations to ensure continuity of working capital funding.

He works at the front end of any distressed scenario helping clients and lenders to understand their potential risk and recommends solutions to support both the client and the Bank.

Rob has worked for Forvis Mazars for over 10 years and is the Restructuring team's expert in invoice discounting, factoring and working capital funding.

Prior to Forvis Mazars, Rob worked in Banking and Invoice Finance and has over 20 years of experience in the Banking sector. He works alongside our insolvency practitioners to support funding institutions and clients alike.

Work highlights

• Rob has developed, grown and maintained the ABL route to market for the Restructuring team with consistent year-on-year growth and the team now work with all major banking and invoice discounting institutions.
• The Restructuring team boasts a specialism in asset-based lending and continues to be seen as the firm that has an in-depth knowledge of ABL funding calculations and provides work and advice tailored to the market ensuring restructuring plans and advice to clients is specific to the working capital cycle and funding structure of the market's clients.