Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Specialist lender Together has appointed Annette Tilbury as New Commercial Finance Regional Sales Manager for the South. Tilbury brings with her 38 years’ experience in the industry, working with a number of specialist lenders. She has extensive knowledge of the mortgage industry from sales, underwriting and asset management. Her most recent role was with West…
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Time Finance has announced that it has appointed Jake Smedley as Business Development Manager in its Invoice Finance team. Smedley joins the firm with a background in corporate insolvency and alternative finance, having spent the last six years supporting businesses through recovery and turnaround plans in addition to helping them to seek finance solutions for…
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Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced that it has appointed Chris Daly as Managing Director (MD) of its Specialist Mortgages Division. Most recently, Daly served as head of origination and real estate finance at Secure Trust Bank, leading the formation and development of the Midlands and South origination team. Daly replaces Louisa Sedgwick, who remains…
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Hodge Bank has announced the appointment of Tim Thompson Executive team as its Chief Information Officer. Thompson takes up the role from his previous post as Head of Technology with Cumberland Building Society, and was also formerly Head of Change with Hitachi Consumer Finance. Dave Landen, CEO of Hodge, said: “We feel really fortunate to…
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Time Finance has announced the appointment of Kevin Howard to Head of Relationship Management in its Invoice Finance Southern team. Howard will join the newly opened Reading office to oversee and manage its relationship management team. Howard brings over 20 years’ experience to the role having built a credible career in relationship and risk management…
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GB Bank has announced that it has recruited a new Chief Commercial Officer following the grant of its full UK banking licence in August. Veteran industry figure Rob Lankey joins GB Bank, the UK’s newest fully authorised bank, after more than 30 years in the financial services sector. Lankey has worked in a wide range…
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Hodge has announced the appointment of Gareth Thomas as its Chief People Officer. Thomas is the former Director of People and organisational development at charity Brandon Trust, HR director at Arriva Trains Wales and head of HR and Business Change at Royal Mail Group. A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, Thomas…
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Secure Trust Bank has announced the appointment of Stuart Ayres as Regional Portfolio and Structuring Director in its London office. Bringing more than 17 years of finance experience, Ayres has worked with businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to large corporates, helping to structure and manage bespoke finance packages and leading multi-bank funding syndications. He…
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Azzurro Law, a specialist commercial debt collection and legal recoveries firm, has announced that it has appointed Brendan Clarkson FCICM as its new Client Services Director to support the business as it further expands its range of scalable legal services to third-party corporations. Having started his career with Bank of Scotland, Clarkson joins with more…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Sundeep Patel to the key role of Director of Bridging. Patel is a highly experienced and well-known figure who has worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years. Most recently he was Director of Sales and member of the Commercial Executive Committee at specialist lender Together and…
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One Stop Invoice Finance, the most recent addition to One Stop Business Finance Group, has announced the appointment of Tracey Best as its new Operations and Risk Director Best joins the team from Aldermore and brings with her over 21 years of specialising in invoice finance, after working for both challenger and high-street banks. Lynn-Marie…
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Professional services group Leonard Curtis has announced that it has strengthened its UK operation with the appointment of Steve Jones to its Reach Commercial Finance division. With over 30 years of business lending experience, Jones has joined the London team to continue the growth of the commercial finance offering across London and the South East. A founding…
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Time Finance has announced the appointment of Lauren Sharples as Broker Manager in its Asset Finance team, focussing on driving support for SMEs in London and the South East of England. Sharples joins with over 14 year’s experience in the Asset Finance and Leasing industry. She started her career at ING Lease UK in sales…
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