Andy Taylor is Sales Director of Haydock Finance, a company that specialises in providing supportive business finance to a diverse range of SMEs. Andy, who hails from Widnes, joined Haydock in September 2019 following a career which spans over 20 years in asset based lending.

Andy’s career first began with NWS Bank Plc and includes stints with GE Capital Equipment Finance Ltd, over 13 years with market-leading ING Lease UK Ltd and more recently Hitachi Capital Business Finance where he was Head of Sales, responsible for Broker, Vendor, Block Discounting and Stock Finance. During his tenure at Hitachi, Andy was directly accountable for growing the Company’s own book from c£250m to well over £1bn.

At Haydock, Andy has taken responsibility for structuring the national sales strategy which has underpinned the company’s ambitious growth plans and contributed to a record loan book size of £600m. He has successfully implemented a strong nationwide team of relationship managers, a specialist agriculture offering, two defined channels for vendor and structured plus a stock finance offering now serving over 91 dealers.