Marie Barclay

Managing Director

Marie has worked in Senior and Executive roles in the UK and Europe including companies such as First Rate Exchange Services, Santander UK, EDF Trading, Carphone Warehouse, Lloyds Pharmacy, Abbey National Business and First National Bank. Marie has functional expertise in Business Management, Operations and Human Resources.

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Shashin Patel

Director

Shashin is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in the commercial and retail banking sector including 12 years in the litigation funding market. He has worked with First National Bank, Santander UK and Justice Capital, where he managed its £70 million litigation funding run-off portfolio.

Nehit Makwana

Partner & Chief Financial Officer

Nehit is a CIMA qualified accountant by profession and has an MBA. He has worked in the finance departments of several organisations of varying size and has built up strong expertise not only in financial accounting but also in management information systems. His hands-on and methodical approach to the finance function provides a strong foundation for Strax Capital Legal.

Simon Griffiths

Partner

Simon has been advising Boards, Board Risk Committees and senior management teams for a number of Tier 1 financial service firms. Simon has held a number of senior risk positions within the retail and commercial banking sector focusing on operational and regulatory risk management. His background also includes financial management and corporate treasury.

Martin Blake

Partner

Martin is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in Finance, Banking and Risk. Martin was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Risk at Justice Capital Limited. Prior to that, he was Head of Finance of Santander UK's business finance arm, managing £1 billion of assets and £3 billion of deposits.

Kaushik Patel

Partner

Kaushik has over 40 years experience in business operations over which time he has helped many organisations develop and run their core activities and administration processes. Kaushik has worked for businesses in the UK, Africa and CIS countries.