Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
White Oak Leases & Loans has announced that it is strengthening its executive team in the UK with the hires of a Chief Risk Officer and Chief Credit Officer. Nick Isaacs has been hired as Chief Risk Officer of White Oak Leases & Loans and is responsible for the implementation and execution of lending strategies…
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Governance risk service provider, Kroll has announced that it has promoted four existing senior directors within the restructuring team to the role of Managing Director, further strengthening the UK team. The promotions of Eddie Bines, Martin Gray, Mike Lennon and Jimmy Saunders comes on the back of Kroll’s announcement late last year of its global…
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Outsourced receivables management services specialist Barratt Smith Brown has appointed Ian Deacon as its new Director of Utilities Collections. Deacon joins from British Gas where he was Head of UKB Debt Strategy and Analytics. Deacon brings a wealth of industry experience with a career that includes 18 years within British Gas business-to-business operations and finance.…
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The Government has announced the appointment of Liz Barclay as Small Business Commissioner to spearhead the national effort to crackdown on delayed invoices, which cause thousands of small businesses to close every year. Barclay will be the first female Small Business Commissioner, a post which was created in 2016 to help small businesses secure the…
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Wylie & Bisset has announced the appointments of Senior Managers Craig Allison and Elaine Ramage, to its business recovery and insolvency team.. Allison joins from French Duncan while Ramage takes up her new position following the firm’s recent recruitment of the management team from MLM Solutions. Last month Wylie & Bisset appointed former MLM Solutions…
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Insolvency and restructuring firm, Begbies Traynor, has bolstered its senior team in Bristol with the appointment of a new Partner. Dan James rejoins the firm he left in 2018, following the recent acquisition of CVR Global, where he will be responsible for further expanding Begbies Traynor’s range of advisory services to financially distressed businesses and…
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Business advisory firm Quantuma has appointed Mike Horton as a new Director to its financial advisory practice. Horton has over 18 years’ experience working in the financial services sector, spending over half of his career advising businesses exhibiting signs of financial distress or entering a formal insolvency process. His expertise spans refinancing, new lending for…
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The Insolvency Service and R3 have announced plans for a joint-project reviewing diversity and inclusion across the insolvency profession. The project is aimed at understanding and promoting diversity and inclusion across the insolvency profession. A Steering Group statement said “A data-gathering exercise is planned to baseline levels of diversity and inclusion, and both bodies will work…
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A former Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner, responsible for resolving complaints from organisations and individuals with complaints against financial services regulators, is to head up the Business Banking Resolution Service’s (BBRS) new SME Liaison Panel. Antony Townsend, whose previous roles have involved extensive handling of complaints from SMEs in difficult circumstances, starts work this month. He…
Read moreInvoice finance specialist Pulse Cashflow has announced that they have appointed Martin Bennison as Sales and Marketing Director. Bennison joins the company from Ultimate Finance where he served as Head of Sales/MD for Construction Finance for the last decade. He brings a wealth of experience and a credible reputation having worked in the ABL market for…
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Lloyds Banking Group Motor Finance and Leasing has announced two new senior appointments. Meryem Brassington has been appointed as Electrification Propositions Lead whilst Iryna Kocharova has been appointed as Head of Corporate Customer Journey and Sustainability. The bank says that the appointments reinforce the group’s commitment to a green transition, pledging to reduce the carbon…
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Invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has announced the appointment ex-Microsoft Global Director, Gordon McIntosh, as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Mcintosh has extensive experience with a decade working at Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, Washington. His most recent role at the tech giant was Global Director of Service Engineering for Microsoft’s Volume Licensing and OEM businesses in…
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Cerberus Receivables Management (CRM) has announced that it has made three new appointments and significant investment in a new Salford HQ, IT infrastructure and brand identity and website. To accommodate business growth, CRM has moved into a new larger North West HQ. Significant investment has also been made in the installation of a new IT…
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