Nick Smith
Nick was appointed Group Managing Director in April 2020 and is responsible for driving the Reward business forward.
Keen to maintain a hands-on approach, Nick writes deals himself, works with his team in the market and supports all client-facing staff as part of his role on the Reward Board. With broad experience, covering asset-based lending, invoice finance and international trade, he applies his expertise to our entire product range.
With more than 27 years’ experience in the SME finance sector, Nick is one of the best known and well-connected industry names in the north of England. Having joined Reward Finance Group in 2016 he became a shareholder a year later. He’s a former executive team member at Aldermore’s invoice finance business, and following that was a board member and Group Sales Director for Ultimate Finance.