Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has announced that it has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Dominic Castle as Regional Managing Director for Yorkshire and the North East. Castle brings over 12 years’ experience in the valuation and corporate advisory industry to the team in the region. Joining from SIA Group (UK), where…
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Asset-based lending specialist, Cynergy Business Finance (CBF) has announced that it has appointed Lorraine Udale as Head of Operations. Udale will bring nearly 30 years’ experience within the asset-based lending, invoice discounting and factoring sectors to the team. She joins the Manchester-headquartered business from Praetura Invoice Finance, where she had previously worked as operations director…
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Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Gavin Davies as Senior Portfolio Manager within its development finance division. Davies brings over 12 years’ experience in the property finance sector to the role and joins HTB from Aldermore Bank, where he worked for over eight years. He held the position of senior client relationship…
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Credit data and risk intelligence specialist Creditsafe has announced that it has appointed two experienced credit information consultants. Chris Hutchings has been appointed Head of Risk at Creditsafe UK & Ireland, he returns to the company after focusing on commercial data acquisition at GBG for two years. Whilst Tony Mott has been appointed Head of…
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Metro Bank has appointed Kevin Tonge as Regional Director for Asset Finance. Tonge has over 20 years’ industry experience and joins from Aldermore Bank where he has held a number of asset finance roles for the last nine years, as well as holding other senior positions at Novuna and ING Lease UK. Tonge will focus…
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Specialist lender Together has announced three promotions to its executive team. Sarah Nield will take on the role of Group Chief Compliance Officer. Her key focus will centre on delivering the group’s strategy to become an exemplar in the specialist lending market. Nield joined Together three years ago and has held two roles in Risk,…
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Lloyds Bank Business & Commercial Banking has announced that it has appointed Tim Biddle as Head of Invoice Finance and Asset Finance Field Sales. Biddle will be responsible for helping to shape the execution of Lloyds Bank’s Invoice Finance & Asset Finance sales strategy, and will lead its UK-wide team. He joins from Paragon Bank, where…
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Bibby Financial Services’s (BFS) asset finance division, Bibby Leasing, has announced a series of new hires and a refocused growth strategy to increase lending throughout the UK. Sean Taylor joins as Head of National Broker Sales from Renaissance Asset Finance where he was Senior Corporate Sales Executive. With over 16 years’ experience in asset finance, Sean…
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Lambert Smith Hampton has announced that it has appointed Shaun Hampton-Matthews has joined as Director, Asset Based Lending in its Asset Advisory division Hampton-Matthews has a wealth of experience from his 40-year career spanning Banking, ABL and restructuring, having spent 15 years with the Lloyds Bank Group and the last 25 years with the KPMG/Interpath…
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Specialist bank GB Bank has appointed a new Board Chair and recruited two new board members. The North East-based bank has appointed SME lending expert Mike Kirsopp as Chair with property and banking industry figures Andrew Telfer and Ian Henderson joining as Non-Executive Director and Investor Director respectively. Kirsopp has over 40 years of experience…
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced it has appointed Martin King to head-up Corporate Sales and Partnership Strategy With over twelve years’ experience in providing asset based lending and cashflow solutions, King joins BFS from BOOST&Co, where he developed growth and venture debt funding for SMEs. Prior to this, he held senior ABL roles with…
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Specialist lender Together has today announced the appointment of Tanya Elmaz to the role of Director of Intermediary Sales for Commercial Finance. Elmaz’s new role will see her leading and developing Together’s intermediary commercial finance channel. She will provide strategic vision, helping to support the company’s broker partners. Her team includes eight Field Sales Account…
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Allianz Trade has appointed Steve Stennett as its news Commercial Director. Stennett is responsible for fostering Allianz Trade’s UK and Ireland client, broker and partner relations, and delivering profitable growth through the steering of business development, commercial underwriting and marketing activities. He is a member of the UK & Ireland management team and reports to…
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