Maximising cashflow through R&D advance funding

James is the head of the Talent Development Function, ensuring all Leyton employees have the support, training and guidance they need to succeed.

Dominick is CEO of Sprk Capital. Prior to joining Sprk he was responsible for all institutional lending capital at Funding Circle, the largest platform lender to small businesses in the UK. He joined pre-IPO to institutionalise their capital base and during his tenure there raised over £6bn of new capital to support SMEs in the UK. He was instrumental in the UK Government loan schemes, through CBILS, BBLS and most recently the RLS programme. Before that, Dominick co-founded Capital-B, a FinTech advisory and capital placement agency focused on developing lending businesses. Prior to this Dominick worked for Goldman Sachs where he headed distribution for its asset management business in the UK and with global banks.

Elena is the Head of Consulting at Leyton UK, A Major Accounts expert – who works almost exclusively with FTSE listed companies. Specialising in international tax and R&D tax incentives.