Link Financial Group is celebrating a significant milestone this year as it is the 25th anniversary of our foundation – a good opportunity to pause and reflect upon all the achievements and growth our Group has achieved.

From a small office in central London, Paul and Selina Burdell established the company which was to become Link in 1998. Starting with just 18 employees, the company has grown and evolved from that single site to operations in 9 countries, across 14 offices and over 1,000 employees managing more than €60bn in loan value – we have certainly come a long way!

Amongst a host of other things of which we can be rightly proud, there have been several industry firsts:

• Link were the pioneers of the European Debt Purchase sector, whilst also being the first in the industry to set a high bar for the fair treatment of customers which has since become the industry standard;
• With LCM Partners we led the way in our sector in 2012 by establishing a regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager which has won highly recognised industry awards every year since 2015;
• With our focus on excellence in operations and technology, we developed our pan European, industry-leading credit management software which is now being marketed in its own right through LDMS.

Our success can only be attributed to the hard work and dedication of each and every team member of our Group. We are incredibly proud of the culture and the community that we have all created together.