Allica Bank appoints new Head of Growth Finance role

Fintech challenger business specialist Allica Bank has announced that it has appointed Ian Flaxman to the newly created role of Head of Growth Finance.

Flaxman has over 30 years’ financial services expertise and joins Allica Bank having held a number of leadership roles within working capital, credit, commercial and invoice finance sectors. He says his immediate focus will be on developing a best-in-class working capital lending capability designed specifically for the needs of established SMEs. 

Conrad Ford, Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Allica Bank, says this appointment reinforces Allica’s commitment to supporting SMEs: “Ian’s wealth of experience and respect in the industry makes him the ideal person to lead our growth finance team, and we will be leaning into his experience to focus on the businesses looking for cash to grow.”