Tony Brown

Senior Advisor, Trade Advisory

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.

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.