Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Cabot Credit Management (CCM) has appointed Phil McGilvray as its Operational and Digital Development Director – Debt Purchase. McGilvray, who joins after 19 years in various roles at American Express more latterly as General Manager and Vice President, International Cards, will be responsible for overseeing CCM’s debt purchase business’s digital strategy. This will include the…
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Charles Counsell is to be the new Chief Executive of the Money Advice Service. The appointment was made by the Financial Conduct Authority and approved by HM Treasury. Counsell is currently Executive Director and Board Member at The Pensions Regulator where he has played a key role in the successful introduction of automatic enrolment into…
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MortgageGym.com has announced the appointment of Jeremy Moll as Chief Commercial Officer. Moll has over 28 years of experience in the UK mortgage and insurance industries. He was part of the senior team that established CompareTheMarket as the leading price comparison brand in the UK, during which time he grew revenues significantly. Jeremy was responsible for…
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Thames Water has announced two new members have joined it’s Executive Team. Sarah McMath has been appointed Managing Director of Wholesale Water at Thames Water, in place of Bob Collington who is retiring from the business. Dr McMath joined Thames Water’s research and development team in 1994, and has since undertaken a wide variety of…
Read moreDong Energy have appointed Matthew Wright as it’s new Chair. Dong Energy’s current UK Country Chairman Brent Cheshire will retire in June after 13 years with the company. Brent Cheshire was Dong Energy’s first UK employee in 2004 and under his leadership, the business has expanded rapidly with over 850 people now working in the UK.…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced two senior appointments to help strengthen its strategic work in regulating the use of data. Paul Arnold has been appointed to the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, while James Dipple-Johnstone joins the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as Deputy Commissioner – Operations. Arnold joined the ICO in 1998…
Read moreThe Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) has announced that it has appointed Dr Mike Keil as its new Head of Policy and Research. Dr Keil, who is currently Business Leader for Asset Strategy at Severn Trent Water, will join the water watchdog on 8 May, replacing Deryck Hall who is retiring. In 2007 he joined water…
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The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the appointment of Bernard Sheridan, as Acting Deputy Governor (Financial Regulation) with effect from 8 April 2017. This interim appointment follows the resignation of Deputy Governor (Financial Regulation) Cyril Roux, who gave notice of his resignation on 28 February last. During this interim period, Bernard Sheridan will take…
Read moreQuint Group has appointed Nicola Richardson as it’s new CRM Manager to help devise and drive the CRM strategy for the brand and to continue the site’s growth. Richardson brings ten years of CRM experience into her new role, having previously worked at price comparison site heavyweight moneysupermarket.com where she was involved in the delivery and optimisation…
Read moreFurness Building Society has announced the appointment of Euan Ballantyne in a new role as Head of Products. Ballantyne joins the Furness as a financial services business leader with experience and achievements across a range of Retail and Business banking sectors. Most recently he was Head of Mortgage Intermediaries programme for Tesco Bank, leading their development…
Read moreCraig White has been appointed UK Chief Operating Officer at GFKL Lowell. He will take up his new role on April 3rd, and replaces Andrew Bartle, who is leaving to develop new ventures. White will lead the UK Operations team, which is well placed to maintain the exceptional quality of service it delivers to both…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Chairman, John Griffith-Jones, has today announced the appointment of a new Chair for the FCA’s independent Smaller Business Practitioner Panel.Craig Errington, Group Chief Executive of specialist financial mutual Wesleyan, becomes Chair of the FCA Smaller Business Practitioner Panel from 1 April 2017. He has been a member of the Panel…
Read morePhillips & Cohen Associates has confirmed the opening of its Spanish operation, headquartered in Madrid, with the announcement of its business leader for Spain. The group, celebrating its 20th year of global trading, is delighted to announce that the Spanish operation will be run by Melania Sebastian Marino. Melania has over 12 years’ experience leading…
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