Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Law firm, Hill Dickinson has announced the appointment of Gavin Jones as a partner within the firm’s restructuring and insolvency team in Manchester. Jones was previously the national head of business restructuring at DWF, and returns to Hill Dickinson having worked as an associate at Hill Taylor Dickinson between 1993-97. Jones will be working closely…
Read moreRivers Leasing has announced it has appointed a former Managing Director of Arkle Finance to its management team. Stephen Bassett, former Managing Director of Arkle Finance, joins as Non-Executive Director. With much of his career spanning senior management and directorship roles at organisations including Schroder Leasing Ltd, Lloyds & Scottish Finance, Lombard, Wyse Leasing Plc…
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Zopa, has announced the appointment of three new hires to its Executive team. The new hires come at a significant time in Zopa’s growth as it moves towards launching its next-generation bank. Steve Hulme has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Hulme joins from Tandem Money where he was CFO for the last two years. Before…
Read moreHenry Howard Finance has announced that Mark Catton, has been appointed as the new group Chief Executive of Henry Howard Finance Group, Catton is a former Chief Executive of RBS’ UK corporate bank. Catton will take over from the current group CEO and co-founder Mark Crook. Reflecting on the recent successes of the business, Mark…
Read moreMetro Bank, has announced the appointment of Jamie Sim as a Commercial Banking Director within the Commercial Real Estate team. Reporting directly to Gabrielle Berring, Director of Commercial Real Estate, who joined the bank earlier this year, Jamie will be responsible for managing new and existing customers portfolios within the real estate sector. Sim has…
Read moreThe Civil Enforcement Association (CIVEA) has appointed Russell Hamblin-Boone to a new position of Chief Executive Officer. Mr Hamblin-Boone will give a new voice and direction to CIVEA and its members at a time when the industry is facing a review of regulations and needs strong representation in policy debates. Hamblin-Boone was previously Chief Executive…
Read moreSpecialist Bank, Aldermore, the specialist bank, has announced the appointment of Tim Bearder as Head of Specialist Vehicle Valuations, a key role within the Bank’s Business Finance division. Bearder, whose career spans over 35 years in the motor industry, brings extensive knowledge and experience to the role supporting the Bank’s ambition of gaining a greater…
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Kash Ahmad as UK Specialist Director as it looks to grow its support for businesses trading domestically and overseas. Joining BFS with more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, Kash has held a range of senior executive positions throughout UK, the Middle East and Asia, supporting SMEs, mid-market…
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David Matthews has been appointed the new Vice President of the ICAEW. Matthews joined ICAEW Council in 2010, and has previously served on the Institute’s Professional Standards Board as well as, currently, the Board of the ICAEW and Chair of its Technical Strategy Board. Matthews joined KPMG after graduating from London School of Economics in…
Read moreSpecialist small business lender, Ashley Finance, has appointed Scott Brown as its new Regional Sales Director for the West Midlands. Brown joins from RBS Invoice finance, where he had a successful three years within the commercial finance team. Prior to that, he spent four years covering the Birmingham area for Natwest’s commercial finance division and,…
Read moreKuflink have promoted Narinder Khattoare as their new Chief Executive. Khattore was formerly Operations Director Former Chief Executive Tarlochan Garcha has left. Kuflink has also appointed Sukhdev Dhillon and Nattalie Weekes to the board. Khattoare said “Kuflink Group has grown rapidly in 2017 and it was important that we could welcome fresh expertise and promote talent from within to…
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Simon Cockerill has been appointed as Head of Sales at Kent Reliance. Cockerill was formerly at Virgin Money and was the Regional Sales Manager. In his new role he will oversee all of Kent Reliance’s sales activity, including broker and network partnerships. He will also be responsible for increasing the impact of the field business…
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Automated financial service specialist, Rimilia, has announced a series of appointments as the company structures itself for growth. The new appointments are on the back of a $25 million investment by Kennet Partners and Eight Roads Ventures in July 2017 The new hires span product development, customer support, sales and marketing, and operations. Marie-Christine Duda, a project analyst and…
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