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Provident Financial has signed up to the Women in Finance Charter. Provident is one of 36 new signatories to the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter, a government initiative to improve gender diversity in senior positions within the financial services sector. Committing to be a Charter signatory is part of Provident Financial’s wider equality and…
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Irish bank KBC has appointed Peter Roebben has been appointed as its new Chief Executive assuming the role from Wim Verbraeken, who will return to the Belgian bank’s head office in Brussels. Roebben, who is currently a senior general manager of group credit risk at KBC Group’s head office in Brussels During his 27-year career with KBC,…
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Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) has announced the appointment of Shanny Rasul as Business Development Manager. Rasul will take on account management responsibility for home improvement retailers across the South East of England. Rasul has a background in private banking and commercial finance. He spent almost 10 years with Barclays Premier and Clydesdale Private Bank, before…
Read moreThe Irish Central Bank of Ireland has published an analysis of over 4,500 applications for approval to occupy senior roles within regulated firms in Ireland (under the Fitness and Probity regime) in 2018. The Central Bank has committed to publishing this analysis on an annual basis as part of its continued focus on the importance…
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Finance teams lack the digital skillset to embrace the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), causing a negative impact on revenue growth, according to a new study from the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association) and Oracle. The study of more than 700 global finance leaders found that despite a clear correlation between…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced changes to its board. Consumer expert Richard Lloyd has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Lloyd has held senior roles in numerous consumer organisations, including Which?, where he was Executive Director. He is a founding trustee of the Money…
Read moreTriLine GRC, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software solutions to enterprises around the world, has announced that has appointed Ian Wilson, recently Business Development Director at Arctick and Hitec, as Director Sales (UK & Europe). Donald Halley, Director Business Development TriLine GRC said: “We are very excited that Ian is joining us.…
Read moreThe Registry Trust has announced that the board has appointed Lex Jones as Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from March 1st. Jones joined the Registry Trust from the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2017. The news follows current Chief Executive Officer, Nick Rossiter’s decision late last year to take early retirement on health grounds Rossiter…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of Wanda Goldwag as the new Chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer Panel. The appointment, effective from 1 March 2019 for an initial three-year term, has been confirmed by HM Treasury. Wanda will be the public face of the panel, leading and giving strategic direction…
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Online peer to peer finance company Zopa, has announced it has appointed Gordon McCallum as its new Chair, moving forward its plans to take on Britain’s largest banks. McCallum joins Zopa with over four decades’ worth of professional, executive, and non-executive experience. He served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Virgin’s UK management company and…
Read morePhillips & Cohen Associates, the international deceased account management specialist, servicing creditors in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, Spain and New Zealand has reaffirmed its commitment to the importance of data and information analysis with the appointment of Dani Shi as Senior Vice President of Global Data Systems & Analytics. In this newly created…
Read moreEnforcement specialist, Court Enforcement Services has announced high-level executive changes to its board within its high court enforcement and compliance management teams. At board level, Alan Smith has been formally appointed to the board. Simon Williamson has resigned as Director to concentrate on other interests, but he remains a shareholder of the business. This means that…
Read moreOnline vehicle technology specialist Ivendi has announced it has made five major new appointments. Three of the new roles are Vice President (VP) appointments. Internally promoted, former Head of Finance Craig Mossis now VP of Finance while Russell White has moved from head of sales to become VP of Sales. Meanwhile, Luke Cowell has been…
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