Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Debt management firm Lantern has announced that it has appointed Charlotte Symonds as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Symonds joined the company in December, bringing with her twenty years of experience in the financial services sector. She boasts an impressive two-decade career, including a senior role at Nottingham Building Society and a 17-year stint…
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Debt resolution specialist, DCBL, has appointed Jamie Gibson as its new Managing Director. Gibson joins DCBL from Water Plus, where he played a key role in the creation and operational build of the commercial water retail business serving over 350,000 customers. He rose to the role of Managing Director for corporate customers, focusing on operational efficiency,…
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Debt advice charity, the Money Advice Trust, has announced it has appointed two new Trustees to its board. Tom Reddy and Penny Clarke join the board of the charity bringing significant experience from the financial services and telecoms sectors. Reddy brings a wealth of experience from the banking sector, and will chair the charity’s Finance,…
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Data On Demand has announced it has appointed Denise Crossley to its board. Crossley is the former Group Chief Executive Officer and current Non-Executive Director (NED) of Lantern Group and served for more than 12 years as a Non-Executive Director of the Credit Services Association (CSA). She brings extensive experience in debt recovery, operational governance…
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DCB Legal has announced that it has appointed Eddie Harrison as its new Managing Director (MD) to lead the business into a new era of expansion. Harrison brings more than 20 years of experience across debt recovery, litigation, and financial services. Harrison most recently oversaw the build of debt collection processes for Revolut UK, managing the…
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The Civil Court Users Association (CCUA has announced that it has appointed Neil Jinks as its new Chair following an election. Jinks succeeds Rob Thompson who concludes a distinguished five-year tenure as Chair and a long-standing commitment to the CCUA through various committee roles. Lisa Keating of Davisa Solutions has been elected to replace Jinks…
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Ofwat has announced the appointments of Chris Walters as its new interim Chief Executive and Helen Campbell as the new interim Executive Director, Delivery. Walters was previously the Senior Director for the Price Review, and Campbell was previously Senior Director for Sector Performance at Ofwat. In his role as interim Chief Executive, Walters will provide…
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Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG) has announcedunced the appointment of Muna Yassin MBE and Jason Wassell to its board. Yassin is CEO of Rooted Finance and Wassell is CEO of the Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA). This latest announcement follows the recent appointments of MALG Chair, Fiona Hoyle of Finance and Leasing Association, and new…
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Social lender, Fair for You has announced that it has appointed Mark Trenavin-Body as a Non-Executive Director. Trenavin-Body is a senior finance leader with extensive experience across sectors including financial services and not-for-profit. He is currently Chief Financial Officer at St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi Academy Trust, which includes 21 schools and employs nearly…
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Water regulator, Ofwat has announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Black is stepping down at the end of the month. The news follows the Defra announcement that Ofwat is to be transferred into a new, integrated water regulator. Black will be standing down at the end of August with an interim appointment will be…
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Sigma Connected has announced that it has appointed Errol van Graan as its new Director of Operational Delivery, leading the delivery of its operations in South Africa. Cape Town-born van Graan previously spent 20 years with Vodafone in a variety of senior operational and customer experience roles, including within its Romanian and Australian businesses. Now…
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Liam Coleman has been appointed interim chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Coleman has over 30 years’ extensive financial services, public sector and board experience. He was formerly chief executive officer of The Co-operative Bank, deputy group treasurer and group head of capital management at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and group director,…
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Fairer Finance has appointed Helene Brichet as Chair of its Consumer Advisory Board (CAB). The Fairer Finance Consumer Advisory Board plays a critical role in overseeing the consumer group’s activities, scrutinising its commercial relationships, research, ratings, campaigning efforts, and media commentary to uphold transparency and independence. Brichet previously served as a CAB member for four…
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