Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
EDF Energy has announced the appointment of Philippe Commaret to Managing Director of Customers, overseeing the company’s diverse retail business in the UK. Commaret joins EDF Energy from EDF in France, where he was a Director of Sales and previously, Director General of ÉS Énergies Strasbourg, part of a majority-owned subsidiary of EDF Group, which…
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Andrew Bailey has been appointed as the new Bank of England governor. The current chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority will become the Bank’s 121st governor. Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment. In order to provide for a smooth transition, the current Governor, Mark Carney, has agreed to now complete his term…
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UK Finance, the trade organisation representing the banking and finance industry operating in the UK, has announced the appointment of RBS’ Lloyd Cochrane as the new chair of its Mortgages Product and Service. He will replace outgoing chair Richard Rowntree, UK Mortgages Director, Bank of Ireland UK, in January 2020. The UK Finance Mortgages Product…
Read morePeter Wallwork, Chief Executive of the Credit Services Association (CSA), the voice of the UK debt collection and debt purchase sectors, has decided he will be stepping down in June 2020 after more than ten years at the helm. Wallwork was appointed to the newly-created role of Chief Executive following the retirement of CSA Executive…
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Insurance specialists Premium Credit has announced that it has appointed James Wilson as its new Chief Risk Officer. Wilson will be responsible for leading the company’s legal, risk, and compliance functions. In his new role, Wilson will join Premium Credit’s executive team and report directly to Chief Executive Tara Waite. Wilson has held a variety…
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Business process services and software provider Target Group has announced the appointments of public sector expert Richard South who has joined as Business Development Director and Helen Adams as Bid Manager. Reporting into Chief Commercial Officer, Stuart Anderson, South will be drawing on over 20 years of client services experience, focusing primarily on public sector…
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Provident Financial has announced the appointment of Neeraj Kapur as Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Kapur will join the board and start as Chief Finance Officer on 1st April 2020. Kapur is currently Group Chief Financial Officer at Secure Trust Bank plc. He has a strong retail banking background, including consumer finance and savings products expertise.…
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Eleven new brokers will start training with Just Mortgages’ broker academy in the New Year after coming through a rigorous selection procedure. The new members will join Just Mortgages Employed division, with a further selection process for the self-employed division to open in January. The new recruits will undergo an intensive training programme over five…
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Coventry Building Society has named Steve Hughes as its new Chief Executive. Hughes, currently boss of Principality Building Society, is replacing Mark Parsons, who announced his retirement in October. Hughes is a qualified management accountant with over 25 years’ finance experience across a range of industries including manufacturing, retail and insurance, including finance director of…
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The debt advice apprenticeship, the first-of-its-kind in the UK, has been approved by the Institute of Apprenticeships. The first cohort of advisors will start to study under the new apprenticeship, which will grant them a level 3 qualification, in April 2020. The apprenticeship has been led by a ‘trailblazer group’ from across the debt advice…
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Encore Capital Group, the owner of Cabot Credit Management has announced that Ken Stannard will be stepping down from his role as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of its European subsidiary. Cabot has appointed Craig Buick as his successor, effective at the end of 2019 (subject to certain regulatory approvals). Stannard joined Marlin Financial…
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Craig Jenkins has been appointed Business Analyst at LendingMetrics, the auto-decisioning technology provider. Jenkins, who joins from business insight company GBW, will work with clients to ensure they maximise the benefits of LM’s award-winning automated underwriting platform ADP. Paul Brown, Head of Operations at LendingMetrics, said “Having Craig on board really adds another level to…
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The Credit Services Association (CSA) is launching a new Learning and Development Conference, hosted on 4th February 2020 in Leeds, which will focus on championing people development. The conference will bring together learning and development managers, HR professionals, industry leaders, and in-house collection teams, as well as current CSA apprentices and their employers. It is…
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