The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Neil Roper as the head of its structured debt solutions operation in the East Midlands.

Neil will lead a  team of deal-makers across the region specialising in providing bespoke funding solutions to support leveraged financed transactions. He will concentrate on acquisitions, management buyouts and management buy-ins for owners of small medium enterprise businesses (SME) with a turnover between £1m and £25m.

Mr Roper is looking to expand the team with three appointments over the coming months, to meet the demand for their services.

He has 25 years banking experience and before this role was director of commercial banking for RBS and NatWest in Lincolnshire. During his career with the RBS Group he held several other senior management positions in customer-facing roles.

Mr Roper said: "Research undertaken for the bank by Ipsos Mori indicated business owners in the SME market are quite confused about the leveraged options available to them when approaching succession issues.

"This team is dedicated to supporting customers through these issues.

"The East Midlands is built upon a very strong SME market and our primary focus is to provide customers with the necessary support and advice so we can help them achieve their goals."

Source: Nottingham Evening Post

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