Ken Ackroyd has worked in the specialist field of trade finance for over 30 years. Having joined Barclays as Head of our Trade Finance team throughout the Midlands and Eastern England, he was until recently Head of Global Trade Services at Fortis Bank in London where he was responsible for overseeing the development of their UK Trade Finance business and creation of Asia Link, a dedicated South East Asian business line.

Throughout his career Ken has also held senior management positions with Credit Lyonnais, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered and Nat West spending time working in Western Europe as well as India, Hong Kong, Japan and Turkey.