About CNC Asset Finance

Charley Grimston BA

After a successful career in the British Army, Charley returned to civilian life in 1983, joining the insurance industry at Willis Faber's Reinsurance Division serving European and Lloyd's of London Market clients.

By 1991, Charley had set up Grimston Insurance Services to specialise in designing and implementing bespoke insurance programmes for lenders, financial insurance and reinsurance broking with emphasis on non-traditional coverage.

Always an entrepreneur, Charley then formed Hambro Conning Grimston (HCG) in 1993. This was a joint venture with Conning & Co, a US investment bank specialising in the insurance sector, JO Hambro, a UK investment bank and Grimston Investments. HCG Lloyd's Investment Trust was floated on London Stock Exchange, the first quoted underwriting vehicle. Charley was a founder member of Lloyd's Corporate Capital Association, a trade association representing quoted Lloyd's underwriting entities.

In 1999, Charley returned to a full-time focus on Grimston Insurance Services, where he continued his innovation. The result has been, amongst others, the CNC family of companies, including CNC Asset Finance and CNC Asset Management. Common threads through these companies are through their involvement in complex indoor and outdoor industrial machinery from a finance and insurance perspective. Their expertise in this area can be seen by examining their client base which includes Her Majesty's Government and other notable global companies.

Charley has developed a special interest in renewable energy and in 2011 formed an international trade association for old Etonians involved in the sector. Charley is also a member of a consortium established under the Marine Alliance for Science & Technology for Scotland formed to research suitability of sites for tidal and wave energy development.

Edward Sanford BA ACMA

Ed joined CNC Asset Finance Ltd in 2010 specialising in renewable energy and runs the London office. Prior to this Ed qualified in 2004 as a management accountant with Reuters before joining Credit Suisse. Here he worked in their structured credit derivatives department and offshore specialist entities financial accounting team. Ed went on to join Collins Stewart as a sell side equity analyst in their food and general retail equities team.

Ed is a partner in a firm of chartered accountants and has a number of directorships.

Ed is a founder and committee member of the Old Etonian Renewable Energy Association, an international trade association covering all aspects of renewable energy.

Ewen Cameron MBE

Ewen has been working in the business finance industry since 1993 and has gained extensive industrial and commercial experience at senior levels. Since 2010, Ewen has been the Managing Director of CNC Asset (Midlands) Ltd where his area of operation includes Northern Ireland and Eire. The specialisms that Ewen has followed under the CNC banner include renewable energy asset finance.

Alongside CNC Asset Finance ( Midlands ) Ltd, Ewen has been a Regional Director in the ASC Group operating his own commercial finance consultancy for nearly twenty years. Through hands on practical business and courses, Ewen has achieved an in depth knowledge of commercial funding and leasing.

From 1995 until 2002, Ewen was a Director of Tectonics Construction Limited, a company specialising in the build of industrial units where he was responsible for strategy, co-ordination of operations and financial management.

Ewen's first career was as a regular officer in the Army where he had an outstanding career with appointments which included several years attached to the US Army. For his work in the USA, Ewen was awarded the US Meritorious Service Medal. Following his last services job, Ewen was awarded the MBE for his work planning and managing special events in the UK and overseas. Ewen retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Among the many financial and military courses Ewen has benefitted from was a year long military electrical and mechanical engineering technical course which has come into its own whenever Ewen has been required to understand any machinery being financed.