Meet the Team

Discover the driving force behind Convenient Capital: Barry, Tripti, Matt, Gavin and Chris. Boasting over 100 collective years in trade finance, our founders unite big- bank experience with the insight of small business ownership. They’re not just experts—they’re allies for SMEs navigating the financial landscape.
Barry Rogers
Chief Executive Officer

Barry was born in Mitcham, South London and lives in North Kent and has spent more than 35 years in Trade Finance, Invoice Finance and working capital facilities having practiced and gained this experience in many different countries, especially Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Barry has held senior positions in Lloyds Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and several Fintechs, and advises private credit lenders and Alternative Finance lenders. Barry brings in-depth "hands-on" experience in developing businesses in this sector which, together with his team, will grow our business to become a market leader. Barry is a professionally qualified Credit & Risk Manager, Professionally qualified Asset Based lender, Certified Trade Finance Specialist and Member Institute of Risk Management from UK educational institutions.

Gavin Stevenson
Client Relations Director

An experienced manager/director, with over 35 years’ experience working in Trade Finance, Invoice Finance and working capital facilities, with the ability to build and maintain key business relationships. An effective communicator and problem solver, with the energy to drive situations and create positive results.‍Business Experience‍Business development at national & regional level via third party sources e.g. Banks, accountants & other financial institutionsSourcing, development, and management of strategic third party B2B relationships including shared client funding arrangements. Expertise at dealing with all sizes of business, from small owner managed businesses to international groups up to £50m turnover.

Matthew Goddard
Sales Director

Corporate Finance professional with 25+ years working in Trade & Export Finance; Asset Finance & Asset Based Lending sectors. Co-Founding MD of GMAC (UK) Asset Finance and Landsbanki Equipment Finance. Co-founding director of Ex Works Capital’s London office, specialising in working capital bridges. Most recently an Executive Director of Stronghold Global Finance (UK) Ltd, a global boutique Investment Bank.Experience of International Asset Finance & ABL funding of corporate assets; Structured & Leverage Finance; Trade & Export Finance global facilities, including non-domestic Receivables funding and Supply Chain Finance; Restructure & Turnaround Finance; Project Finance; Corporate Auctioneering; Valuation & Asset repatriation & Disposals. 

Christopher Barrett
Advisor & NED

Chris will be actively involved as a NED. He waspreviously a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his final position,he led the Financial Services Advisory practice (both consulting and deals)across the 29 countries of the CEE/CIS region. In 2019 Chris joined Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd, abank specialising in commodities trade finance, as an independent supervisoryboard member. He served as Vice-Chair, Chair of the Audit Committee and amember of the Risk Committee. Chris has a long-standing interest in the factoringand invoice discounting sector. He has provided risk consulting services to andundertaken fraud investigations for leading companies in the UK andinternationally in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Russia, SouthAfrica and the USA.‍

Chris Rogers
Chief Technology Officer

With over 18 years of experience delivering successful consulting projects, Chris Rogers is an accomplished leader in the technology and business improvement sectors. As the CTO of Convenient Capital Chris leverages his extensive background in process improvement, custom software development, and aligning business objectives with key delivery metrics to drive innovative solutions and achieve remarkable results.Chris is proficient in Agile methodologies and has a deep understanding of how to utilise them to deliver outcomes swiftly and efficiently.

Tony Brown
Board Advisor

Tony Brown has over thirty years of international trade and management experience as a trader, lender, shipper, and supply chain and business executive.  He provides international trade consulting through The Trade Advisory, developing trade finance solutions, markets, new business, funding and strategy for global banks, finance companies, fintechs, logisticians, venture capital and private equity investors, and importers and exporters. Tony has served as an expert witness in trade finance litigation cases.In addition to having been an importer, Tony has managed international trade finance businesses (at Maersk Trade Finance, Bibby Financial Services, MTB Bank and Manufacturers Hanover Trust), reverse factoring (at Delta Trade Finance and China Export Finance), international factoring (at First Capital and GMAC) and pioneered Purchase Order Financing in the late 80’s through his firm, Trading Alliance Corp.  Tony started his career in credit and political risk insurance at Lloyds of London. He is a graduate in economics from the London School of Economics.‍

Tripti Kheterpal
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer

Tripti Kheterpal is a strategic fintech and financial services leader with over 18 years of global experience across corporate banking, trade finance, and digital transformation. She has a proven record of driving commercial growth, strategic partnerships, and innovation across regulated markets. She has held various positions and has lead commercial strategy, product development, and cross-functional alignment to scale digital trade finance solutions. Her leadership has been pivotal in advancing platform scalability, client engagement, and regulatory compliance.Previously, she founded Mrinav Consulting, advising fintech startups on go-to-market and D2C growth strategies, and held various roles at Vayana Network, Sberbank of Russia, Royal Bank of Scotland, and The Bank of Nova Scotia.

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