Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Insolvency and restructuring trade body.R3 has announced that Stuart Frith, a Partner at Stephenson Harwood LL will be its new President. With over 30 years’ experience in the insolvency and restructuring profession, Frith has expertise covering both corporate and personal insolvency work. A partner in Stephenson Harwood since 2009, he is also a Deputy Judge…
Read moreOnline lender Spotcap today opened the Fintech Fellowship to applicants. The programme offers an £8k award to a postgraduate student studying a fintech related course at a UK university. Applications will be open for four months and close on the 1 August 2018. The fellowship launched last year to raise awareness of the fintech talent…
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HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that Tim Parker has been appointed as the new position as Chairman of the Board. The board is responsible for overseeing the leadership and direction of HMCTS and ensuring that it effectively delivers the aims and objectives set by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and…
Read moreThe Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA), the membership body and regulator for those specialising in insolvency practice, has appointed Lloyd Hinton as its new President for the coming year. Hinton takes office with immediate effect and serves as the Association’s figurehead and Chair of its board of directors for the next twelve months. Hinton is a Licensed…
Read moreZopa has announced a governance restructure in advance of launching its next-generation bank. The re-structure will establish separate boards for the Zopa P2P business, proposed bank (subject to banking licence approval) and Group in order to facilitate the increasing scale of the business, ensure good corporate governance and protect the interests of its customers. The…
Read moreThinCats, the alternative funding specialist, has announced a senior hire to cover the North West region. Richard Lamb joins ThinCats to lead new business origination throughout the North West, after nearly a decade as Relationship Director at NatWest, and having been in corporate banking since 1992. He joins the company’s growing team of experienced bankers who…
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Shire Leasing has announced structural changes to their leadership team. Mark Picken is to move to CEO with Helen Lumb taking the CFO role and Malcolm Workman to be COO. This new structure will see the various business disciplines report through Lumb and Workman and provide a broader management spread and greater focus on the…
Read moreInsolvency accountancy firm Thomas Westcott has appointed Jon Mitchell as a new Partner. Mitchell was recruited in 2015 as a director to launch and head our business recovery and insolvency service. Thomas Westcott’s chairman, Richard Thomas, said “Jon has performed superbly since he joined us, launching and growing our business recovery and insolvency service and…
Read moreTrade credit insurer, Atradius, has made two new appointments within its UK team at its Cardiff HQ and Midlands Regional Hub. Tom Danson, has been appointed as Head of Commercial for Atradius’ Midlands Regional Hub. Danson joined the Atradius London team from Aviva AXA in March 2014 as a Senior Sales Development Manager. Well regarded…
Read moreCastle Water has announced the appointment of Douglas McLaren as Chief Operating Officer (COO). McLaren is currently UK Operations Director for ScottishPower Energy Retail, a subsidiary of the global energy company, Iberdrola. A law graduate and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Douglas spent nine years at PwC, both in the UK…
Read moreCash process specialist, Onguard has announced that it has expanded its management team to help create growth in the UK market. Wolter Kreun has been appointed Manager Professional Services to strengthen the management team. Martin de Heus VP Sales also joins. De Heus succeeds former Sales Director John Scholte. Bert van der Zwan, CEO at Onguard…
Read morePeer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform ArchOver, has announced that Bill Johnston will join its board of directors as a non-executive director (NED). In his role, Johnston will support ArchOver in formularising its training and development programme, to ensure it has the right talent in place as it continues to scale. Bill Johnson said “In the…
Read moreAldermore, has appointed Sue Hayes to the newly created role of Group Managing Director of Retail Finance. Hayes will join the Bank in June. Reporting to Phillip Monks, Chief Executive Officer of Aldermore, Hayes will be responsible for managing the existing Bank’s mortgages and savings businesses as well as expanding into new areas. Since its…
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