Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The British Business Bank has announced the appointment of Louise McCoy as Commercial Managing Director, small business lending. McCoy joined the Start Up Loans Company, now a programme under the British Business Bank, in 2016 as an account director before becoming its commercial director in 2018. Prior to that she worked in relationship management, customer…
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Ashraf Piranie has joined specialist business lender Redwood Bank as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Piranie brings with him more than 25 years of financial services experience. Piranie has an enviable track record that includes retail and commercial banking. He has worked in a number of different areas, including strategy, operations, customer service, change management, IT,…
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Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance, an asset-based lending provider, has expanded its nationwide network of sales professionals with the appointment of Andrew Welden as Regional Sales Director for the North West. Welden joins from Breal Zeta CF, where he led on the firm’s asset-based lending strategy across Merseyside and Cheshire, with a focus on facility…
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Invoice finance and ABL advisory firm, Loxbear Advisory, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Director, Tansy Cunningham. Cunningham has more than 20 years’ experience within the invoice and trade finance industry, gained from past positions in leadership, operations, risk and relationship management at Bibby Financial Services, Time Finance and Metro Bank. In those…
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Cynergy Bank has announced that it has appointed Neil Fuller as Non-Executive Director. Fuller has almost 40 years of experience in retail banking and financial services. He held senior roles at Bank of Ireland UK plc including Chief Risk Officer and Executive Board Director, and for a short time, Interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to…
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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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