A legend retires today
A legend retires today.
Happy 80th birthday Richard Spicer.
The term legend is much overused but was never more appropriate when applied to a man who has had a huge influence on the world of commercial finance broking.
A leading campaigner in 1990s when advanced fee fraud was rampant and threatening to destroy commercial finance broking, Richard Spicer also worked hard to help the nascent National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers.
That today the association’s members are the go to source of so much guidance and expertise in commercial finance is a fitting tribute to his efforts and those of others involved at the time.
Earlier, Richard established, with a small team, a franchised network of commercial finance brokers that grew 52 strong before he sold it.
In his later broking years Richard utilised his contacts with wealth funds and private investors writing big ticket deals in tens and hundreds of millions financing major property, infra-structure and shipping deals.
There will be an interview with him in the October edition of Business Money magazine.