Tom is the newest member of the Capitas team, having joined in 2022 from Link Group where he worked within their specialist Asset Finance Team providing lease advisory services to public sector bodies throughout the United Kingdom. As Business Development Manager at Capitas, Tom manages account relationships with suppliers of energy efficiency and renewables technologies.

At Link, Tom was responsible for the delivery of their IFRS 16 services to both their public and private sector clients which involved helping clients understand the accounting standard, answering their queries whilst also demonstrating Link’s lease accounting and portfolio management system to clients, validating contract terms and data to ensure compliance with IFRS 16, and then training clients on how to use the system.

Tom also ran Link’s school leasing advice service which involved advising schools on compliance with correct accounting practice, the legality of lease arrangements and ensuring value for money solutions are achieved by clients’ schools. Tom has built up a great understanding of the compliance rules schools need to adhere to with leasing arrangements.

Tom graduated from Oxford Brookes in 2018 with a BA Hons in Business Management.