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Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Founder John Kirkby is stepping down from the business after 25 years. Kirkby launched Christians Against Poverty (CAP) in Bradford in August 1996. The charity works with a network of churches and has a commitment to making its services available to all, regardless of religion or belief. CAP, which also operates…
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Katie Johnson has been named as Hodge Bank’s new Managing Director (MD) of Savings. Johnson is a qualified Actuary who has been with Hodge for almost eight years, has previously held a number of different roles. Her most recent roles in Pricing and Underwriting, involved managing product performance, assessing new product opportunities, strategic business planning,…
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Ofwat has announced the appointment of David Black as its Interim Chief Executive following Rachel Fletcher’s decision to take up a new role in the energy sector. Fletcher has been Ofwat’s CEO since January 2018, and will be leaving Ofwat to take up a new leadership role with Octopus Energy. David Black joined Ofwat in…
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StepChange Debt Charity has announced the appointment of Chris Wood as a Trustee. Wood has extensive experience in both executive and non-executive roles. He brings with him first-hand expertise in the consumer credit sector with an understanding of its economic and regulatory drivers and, most importantly, a strong belief in the fair treatment of consumers.…
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Money Advice Scotland has announced that it has appointed Peter Costello as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Costello joins from River Garden Auchincruive where he was also CEO. Costello joins Money Advice Scotland at a time of significant change for the sector, with plans to further develop the organisation and build on previous success.…
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Hodge Bank has announced a number of changes to its mortgage team. As part of the changes, Ryan Davies has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mortgages, after having held the role on an interim basis since March 2020. Before taking on the role of MD of Mortgages, Ryan Davies has held various roles…
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Global information and insights provider TransUnion has appointed two Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to its UK board. In their new roles, Margot Cronin, who will act as chair, and Jonathan Baum will promote the long-term sustainable success of the company, providing constructive challenge, strategic guidance and specialist advice to the UK board and management executives. Cronin…
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Specialist lender Together has hired a highly-experienced industry professional as a Regional Account Manager for the North. James Briggs, who has worked in the specialist market for more than two decades, brings a wealth of knowledge of the industry to his new role, which begins this week. Previously, he has held senior positions for specialist…
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Loans Warehouse has announced that it has appointed Greg Chase to its Short Term Finance team. Chase will be tasked with further expanding the specialist brokers bridging proposition – an area that Loans Warehouse has been bolstering over recent months. Most recently Chase was a broker, specialising in commercial and bridging finance, with the Commercial…
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Former Chairman of the CCUA, Amir Ali, has become the inaugural President of the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR), a not-for-profit organisation that provides regulation for Paralegals. Ali has over three decades of experience in both Legal and Enforcement sectors and as the inaugural President is calling for recognition of the only organisation offering independent regulation…
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Former Prestige Finance director of operations Nick Rember is set to join Loans Warehouse in the newly created role of Secured Loan Operation Director. Rember first joined Prestige, now a subsidiary of OneSavings Bank, back in September 1988. He became Operations Director in November 2014 two years after Prestige Finance was purchased by OneSavings Bank…
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Santander has announced the appointment of Tracie Pearce as the new Chief Customer Officer for Homes. In the new role, Pearce will be responsible for supporting our customers in all aspects of financing their homes. She will also lead the strategic development, digital transformation and innovation of our mortgage business in the UK. In addition…
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KM2 Ethical Finance has announced the appointment of Brian Kinch as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Kinch joins the company from Visa Europe where he was Executive Director, Ecosystem Risk. Kinch has over 30 years of experience in financial services having served in senior positions for such giants as HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Visa.…
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