Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
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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Specialist Invoice Finance provider, Optimum Finance has bolstered its team with three new appointments across the Marketing and Finance departments. Jo Maniatt joins as Marketing Director, Szym Wasilewski as Finance Manager and Liam O’Shea as Financial Accountant. Maniatt, previously International Marketing Manager for global brand Bisley Office Furniture, brings with her a wealth of strategic…
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International business financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Helen Norris as Chief People and Organisation Officer to drive forward its BFS 4.0 strategy, which aims to bring together people and technology to boost support for SMEs around the world. Norris joins BFS from the British Business Bank, where she spent more…
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Law firm Wright Hassall has named announced the appointment of a new Managing Partner. Phil Wilding has been appointed to the role after Sarah Perry, who has been in the position for the past six years, announced her decision to step down from the firm. Wildling has been with the firm for ten years as…
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New SME lender Recognise Bank has appointed Ian Workman as its Managing Director (MD) of Commercial Banking. Workman joins from Barclays Bank where he spent the bulk of his 30-year career in financial services, the last five years of which he was Head of SME Banking Relationships in the UK. He will oversee Recognise Bank’s…
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GB Bank has announced the appointment of Neil Williams as its Chief Lending Officer. GB Bank recently announced it had secured its provisional banking licence making it the UK’s newest challenger bank. Positioned as the ‘go to bank’ for property developers in the North, GB Bank will address the shortage of funding required to get…
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Trade credit insurer Atradius has appointed Oliver Ford as Country Manager, heading up multinational business for the UK. Ford returns to the Atradius UK headquarters in Cardiff after a decade, following senior roles in Hong Kong and London. With a degree in French, the Cardiff University graduate first joined Atradius in 2007 as a client…
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Trade credit insurer Atradius has announced that it has promoted Chris Williamson to Senior Account Manager within its Cardiff-based strategic accounts team. Williamson returns to Wales for the new role after nearly three years at Atradius’ Northern Hub as business development manager, where he was responsible for developing broker relationships and underwriting new business policies.…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced that it has appointed Astrid Michael as its new Head of Sales for its Asset Finance division following the retirement of Keith Sangwin earlier this year. Michael has worked in the Asset Finance industry for 20 years and is a highly experienced professional with a strong track record of…
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International SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) have announced the appointment of James Cooper as its new chief Technology Officer (CTO). Cooper previously held technology roles at Mothercare and financial advisory group, Rothschild and most recently was Chief Information Officer at BFS. In addition to Cooper’s appointment, Nicola Allard has been appointed as Head of…
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Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Sally Wright as Head of Propositions for the specialist mortgages division. Wright joins HTB from Vida Homeloans to work alongside newly-appointed deputy Managing Director, Louisa Sedgwick who also joined this month to support the specialist lenders’ ambitious growth plans. Louisa Sedgwick, said “This is such an exciting time to…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced two new appointments in its Asset Finance Credit team as it continues to break records for new written business. Gavin Mancey has joined the Bank as Underwriter and Daniel Idowu has been promoted to Underwriter having started in UTB’s Asset Finance Operations Team in 2018. Mancey has nearly 20…
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