Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Hope Capital has announced that Jemma Wood has been promoted to Head of Portfolio Management. Wood joined Hope Capital last year as a Portfolio Case Manager. In her time with the firm, she has transformed the department, implementing a range of new systems and processes to improve control and efficiency. Prior to joining Hope Capital,…
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Arrow Global Group has announced the appointment of Martina Swart as Group Legal and Risk Officer. Swart will be responsible for legal and compliance, governance and risk management across the Group, replacing Stewart Hamilton who left the business recently. She will report directly to Lee Rochford, Group CEO, as part of Arrow’s executive management team.…
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Credit management services company, Lowell has announced two changes to its UK leadership team. Kathryn Morgan joins Lowell as UK Customer Operations Director and Nick Ollard becomes UK Client Director, both join the UK Exco and report to UK Managing Director, John Pears. Morgan has a long and broad career in senior positions within the…
Read moreAndy Thomas of Chartsbridge has elected as agent Chair of the FLA’s new Vehicle Recovery and Collection Group. The appointment follows an FLA membership-wide election with applications having been received from a number of applicants. The term of appointment shall be two years, at the end of which both individuals may offer themselves for re-election…
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Mobility and fleet leasing firm Alphabet has announced that it has appointed Chantal Gorman as its Chief Risk Officer. Gorman will assume the role of Chief Risk Officer from Stefan Oswald who has been carrying out the regulatory responsibility for the function, supported by Neal Coleman, Head of Risk. Both have been continuing to strengthen…
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Fraud prevention service, Cifas has appointed John Browett as its new Chair. In a career spanning thirty years, Browett has held the position of Chief Executive within a number of major UK businesses including Tesco.com, Dixons Retail, Monsoon-Accessorize, and Dunelm Group. He has extensive experience of transforming and strengthening the position of some of the…
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Hope Capital has announced the appointment of Mike Watson as a Senior Underwriter. Watson joins Hope Capital from Together, where he was Senior Bridging Underwriter. He has also previously worked as an underwriter for Evolution Finance, and is CeMAP-qualified from the London Institute of Banking & Finance. Gary Bailey, Managing Director of Hope Capital, said…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England have today announced the appointment of Amerdeep Somal as Complaints Commissioner. The Commissioner will oversee the final stage of investigations into complaints against the FCA, PRA and the Bank. The role is independent from the three organisations. Somal will replace…
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David Landen has been named as Hodge Bank’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with immediate effect. Linden is one of Hodge’s longest-serving staff members, having joined the Cardiff-based bank in 2002. He has held several roles within the company and was appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer in 2011, before being named as…
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Ovo Energy, the UK’s largest independent energy supplier, has announced the appointment of Ben Blake as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The company has also announced the appointment of Simon Maine as Director of Corporate Affairs. Blake joins Ovo as CEO of Ovo Energy and Smart Home, which includes responsibility for the brand, propositions and customer…
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Dame Gillian Guy, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice for England and Wales, has announced she is standing down after ten years in the role. She will take up a new position as the Independent Assessor for the Financial Ombudsman Service at the end of October. The national charity has seen significant growth and expansion into…
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Ovo Energy has announced the appointment of Jonson Cox as Non-Executive Director of the recently created OVO Energy board. Following the acquisition of SSE‘s supply business in January 2020, OVO Energy established a new board chaired by Stacey Cartwright, for its UK retail business which oversees customer brands OVO Energy, SSE Energy Services, Boost, Spark and…
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Fleet leasing specialists Alphabet (GB) has announced the appointment of Clive Buhagiar as the new interim Chief Operating Officer. Buhagiar takes over the role from Uwe Hildinger, who will be joining Alphabet Germany as their new Chief Executive Officer in August. As interim COO, Buhagiar will be responsible for the whole Operational Function of Alphabet…
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