Credit, collections & insolvency news
Time Finance has announced that they have appointed Sean Hughes as Head of Compliance. Hughes brings over 10 years’ experience to the role having built a credible career within the financial services sector. During his time at firms including Thistle Initiatives Group, BNY Mellon, Atlanta Group and Time Finance Sean has played a hands-on role…
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Fintech order-to-cash process specialist, Visma | Onguard has announced that it has appointed Adriaan Kom as Managing Director. Kom has been working at Visma | Onguard for one and a half years as Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role, Kom will focus on the further growth of the company as part of Visma. Part…
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Time Finance has announced that it has appointed Helen Wheeler as Head of Operations in its Invoice Finance team. Wheeler brings over 25 years’ experience to the role and will assume responsibility for overseeing operations and helping the team to continue to deliver a market-leading Invoice Finance service to UK business owners. Prior to Time…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced that. it has appointed Essie Quinnell as Underwriter in its Asset Finance Credit team as the division continues to transact record levels of new business. Quinnell joins UTB from Wesleyan Bank and has previously worked in Asset Finance Sales and Credit roles. Before joining Wesleyan Bank, she spent nearly…
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STAR Asset Finance Group Has appointed Paul Slapa as its Group Commercial Director. Slapa was previously a founder and commercial director at Praetura Enterprise Finance and brings over 15 years of experience to the STAR Asset Finance Group. While at Praetura, Slapa was focused on creating partnership style relationships with customers, helping ease their cashflow…
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PKF Smith Cooper has announced the appointment of Harnil Motivaras as Corporate Finance Senior Executive. Motivaras joins from PwC where he worked alongside large corporate clients, as well as SME’s and owner-managed businesses, operating across a range of industries. Commenting on the appointment James Ward, Corporate Finance Director based in the Nottingham office said “I am…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced that it has recruited experienced underwriter Rob Irving to its asset finance credit team. Irving is a highly experienced asset finance professional with a career in commercial banking spanning nearly 20 years. He joins UTB as senior underwriter from Wesleyan Bank and has previously held positions with Haydock Finance…
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Raman Bhatia, Chief Operating Officer of OVO has been appointed CEO of OVO’s retail business from 1st March 2022. Adrian Letts will be stepping down after three years of leading OVO through the acquisition of SSE Energy Services, the pandemic and the rise of gas prices. Bhatia has led the operations of OVO over the…
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Trade credit insurance specialist Euler Hermes has announced a change in its leadership team. Jennifer Baert will be appointed as Group General Counsel from March 2022. Baert. was previously Global Head of Credit Risk Assessment of Euler Hermes Group, she graduated from King’s College London with a first-class law degree and from the Universities of…
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A new set of professional standards that defines the unique skills and contribution that credit and debt collection professionals deliver in protecting and growing business and the economy has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM). CICM says that the new professional standards will establish a benchmark and help demonstrate the enormous…
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Dancerace has announced that it has strengthened its commitment to customer service with new Account team members. Louisa Templeton joins the company’s UK team as Product Specialist. Formerly of Aldermore Bank, Nucleus Commercial Finance and Bibby Financial Services, Templeton also brings 18 years of finance experience to the company. Alison Lawrence joins the company’s Australian…
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Optimum Finance has announced the appointment of Mike Stevens as Regional Director. Stevens, re-joins the team at Bristol-based specialist invoice finance provider from Peak Cashflow. Optimum has invested heavily in its team in 2021 with 14 new hires, including the expansion of its technology team by 350%. This rapid growth has resulted in Optimum being…
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Business decisioning data and analytics company, Dun & Bradstreet has announced the appointment of Susan McKay as International Chief Marketing Officer, based in London. McKeay will lead Marketing and Communications for Dun & Bradstreet’s International business, which incorporates the UK and Ireland, European markets, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as the company’s…
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