Lowell announces two senior appointments

Lowell has announced two senior appointments to its UK executive team.

Bill Flynn, joins as Group General Counsel & UK Chief Risk Officer from Wonga Group, where he was Group General Counsel. Flynn joined Wonga in 2015 where was responsible for steering the business through an intensive period of regulatory scrutiny. This culminated in the business achieving FCA authorisation in 2016. Bill has an extensive financial services background, having held senior roles at GE Capital, Zurich Financial Services and Capquest.

Laurence Hamilton, joins as Managing Director UK Servicing & Business Development from Equifax, where he was Managing Director of TDX group and Senior Vice President of International Debt Services. He has worked in financial services in a variety of capacities including general management, data analytics, marketing, sales and client relationships for over 20 years.

Hamilton will take overall responsibility for the development and commercial performance of Fredrickson, the third-party collection business, and lead Lowell’s key business development strategies; developing and managing the UK business plan, where his experience. He will report to Marc Schillinger, Group Chief Sales Officer, and to Group CEO, James Cornell, pending the appointment of a UK Regional Manager.

Commenting on the appointments, CEO, James Cornell said: “I am excited to be welcoming Bill and Laurence into the UK executive team, and look forward to working with them to achieve our vision – to be the best in our field. Adding such high calibre people with such extensive financial services experience is vital to evolving and delivering our business strategy, while maintaining our core values as we continue to grow.”