Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Law firm Flint Bishop has announced three senior leadership appointments within its Debt Services division. Andrew Mitchell joins as Head of Operations, bringing over 25 years of experience in debt management within the utilities industry. Most recently, Mitchell served as Strategic Review & Debt Lead at E.ON UK, where his strategic foresight and process innovations…
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Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Secure Trust Bank, has announced the promotion of James Hodkinson to Managing Director (MD) following the retirement of John Bevan. Hodkinson began his career at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he undertook a variety of leadership and strategy roles within the invoice finance…
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The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed two broker members to its board as Non-Executive Directors. Tom Perkins, Director and Co-Founder of Charles & Dean, and Evette Orams, Managing Director of Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions, have joined the NACFB board. NACFB CEO Jim Higginbotham said “Having individuals of Evette’s and Tom’s calibre join…
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The ICAEW has announced the appointment of Phil Parry as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Parry will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Institute’s technology and AI solutions. As a member of the leadership team reporting into the Chief Executive, Alan Vallance, he will also assume responsibility for IT operations, digital and publishing…
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The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Richard Bearman and Reinald de Monchy as Co-Chief Banking Officers, with a shared responsibility for all of the organisation’s banking activities for smaller businesses. Bearman will oversee a new Relationship Management function bringing together a number of existing skillsets across relationship management, account management…
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Time Finance has announced that it has appointed Sophie Aitken as Broker Manager in its Asset Finance team. Aitken joins the leading independent finance provider with over 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her previous roles include broker at Halo Corporate Finance, internal sales manager at InterBay Asset Finance and various roles…
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Time Finance has announced it has appointed Matt Heap as the new Head of Credit within its Asset Finance Division. Heap joins the leading independent finance provider with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. His most recent roles include serving as a Business Manager at Barclays and as a Senior Underwriter…
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Self-build and renovation finance specialist BuildLoan has appointed Chris Martin to the role of Director of Operations. Martin has held various roles within BuildLoan during the last six years having worked in financial services throughout his 35 year career. He previously held consumer-facing roles in retail banking, as a mortgage intermediary and senior roles in…
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Premium Credit has announced it has appointed Rohit Ghai as its Chief Risk Officer. Ghai will lead Premium Credit’s Risk, Compliance and Legal functions as the business proudly supports its community of customers and partners in creating opportunities through convenient payments. Ghai joins Premium Credit from PayPal UK, where he was most recently the interim…
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Leonard Curtis has announced it has continued the expansion of its funding pillar with the appointment of Mike Dinnell to the business advisory and commercial finance team. With over 30 years of banking and debt-advisory experience, Dinnell has supported numerous businesses looking for growth funding. Dinnell’s experience covers a wide range of sectors with a…
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SME commercial property lender Assetz Capital has announced that it has appointed four senior executives to its board. The business will continue to be led by CEO and co-founder Stuart Law, with newly appointed board members including Andrew Fraser (Chief Commercial Officer), Irene Thomas (Chief Operating Officer), Mark Wardrop (Chief Financial Officer) and Tim Harper…
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CCW has announced that it has confirmed Mike Keil as its permanent Chief Executive. Keil took the reins on an interim basis last October after the departure of former CEO Emma Clancy, following her three years at the helm. He has been with CCW for the past seven years having previously served as the organisation’s…
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The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has announced that it has appointed Jim Higginbotham as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Higginbotham most recently served as Group CEO at STAR Asset Finance, where he led the brokerage through a period of substantial change, enhancing the risk control framework, upgrading the IT infrastructure, centralising…
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