Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Debt Management specialist Bridgewood has appointed Louise Carrington from RSM Tenon to become the firm’s new Insolvency Practitioner. Carrington started her career at P&A before spending nine years at RSM where she was Associate Director. Carrington said: “I was attracted to Bridgewood as they are a growing insolvency firm locally and are well-known for being friendly, approachable…
Read moreBlackpool, Fylde and Wyre Credit Union (BFWCU) has announced the addition of two new members to its board. Michael Vincent and Joseph Tantram will help oversee BFWCU operations and support borrowers and savers in the town, after being invited to join the board for their professional skills, local connections and specialist knowledge. Vincentl is a…
Read moreThe Bank of England has appointed Joanna Place as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective as of today. Place has been acting as COO since 1 May, and previously was the Executive Director of Human Resources. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, said: “I am very pleased that Jo will be the Bank’s…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the appointment of Maggie Craig as the Head of Department, Scotland. Head of Department Scotland is a new role created to take forward the FCA’s presence in Scotland. Maggie will be focused on developing this approach and contributing to Scottish aspects of FCA policies. Craig joined the…
Read moreThe Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, has appointed Andrea Coscelli as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Dr Coscelli has held the position of Acting CEO since July 2016, taking on the role from the previous incumbent, Alex Chisholm. The CMA is the UK’s independent competition…
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Gatehouse Bank has announced two new senior appointments. Tim Blease is joining Gatehouse as Chief Operating Officer and Sharron Harvey is joining as Executive Vice President, Head of Human Resources. Blease will be contributing to Gatehouse’s new strategy including its move into retail mortgages. His previous roles include New Business Strategy and Innovation Director at…
Read moreThe Credit Services Association (CSA) has appointed Arran Hope as its Apprenticeship Coordinator. Hope’s appointment follows the Association’s successful inclusion on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) – meaning that the CSA is approved to deliver apprenticeship training for employers paying the Apprenticeship Levy. He will be the central point of contact regarding the…
Read moreThe Irish Central Bank has announced two senior appointments. The Central Bank appointed Ed Sibley as Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation and Derville Rowland as Director General, Financial Conduct. As Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Sibley will be responsible for the supervision of credit institutions, insurance firms and the asset management industry. Prior to this appointment, Sibley was…
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Ofwat has announced that Chief Executive, Cathryn Ross, will be leaving the regulator at the end of the year to take up a senior position in the private sector unconnected with the water industry. Ross, who was appointed as Ofwat Chief Executive in October 2013, has successfully led the regulator through a significant period of…
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The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has appointed two senior industry leaders to its Board of Trustees. Lawrence Slade has served as Chief Executive Officer at Energy UK, the trade association for the UK energy industry, since July 2015. He previously ran the Energy Retail Association and the…
Read moreMasthaven Bank has made three new appointments. The bank has appointed John Smith as national account manager, first charge mortgages. Smith previously worked at Platform Home Loans and Aldermore and helped launch Bluestone into the specialist mortgage market. Wes Baker and David Owen have also joined the firm as business development managers. Baker has worked…
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Aldermore has announced the appointment of John Wood to the newly created role of Chief Credit Officer. Wood joins Aldermore from Royal Bank of Scotland where he has worked for the last 27 years in a variety of portfolio management and risk roles. More recently he held responsibility for the embedding of a credit risk management…
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Lowell has announced two senior appointments to its UK executive team. Bill Flynn, joins as Group General Counsel & UK Chief Risk Officer from Wonga Group, where he was Group General Counsel. Flynn joined Wonga in 2015 where was responsible for steering the business through an intensive period of regulatory scrutiny. This culminated in the business…
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