Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Wonga Group hired Joanna Baker as its new group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Baker will join the short-term lender in April from Worldpay. Prior to joining Worldpay, Baker spend over a decade at Barclaycard and Barclays, where she was CFO of Barclaycard’s Global Business Solutions as well as head of strategy and planning at Barclays Corporate.…
Read moreAlejandro Zurbano, currently Managing Director of Lindorff Spain, has been appointed leader of a combined management and service organisation of Aktua and Lindorff Spain. Zurbano becomes the country manager of the total business of Lindorff Group in Spain. Zurbano will be in charge of leading the organisational integration process following the acquisition of Aktua by Lindorff in…
Read moreThe Money Advice Trust has appointed Adrian Keasey and Anna Bennett to its Board of Trustees as of January 2017. With over 25 years of experience in ICT, Keasey also serves as a member of the charity’s grants committee. Currently focusing on the transformation of global business models at Fujitsu, Adrian has previously held a range…
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Bob Stefanowski is to be replaced as Dollar Financial Corporation Global (DFC) Chief Executive Officer. Bondholders in Dollar Financial Corporation Global (DFC) were informed late last week that Bob Stefanowski was stepping down as its chief executive, to be replaced by Glen Wakeman, a former GE Money executive in Latin America. The change at the…
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Julian Winfield has been appointed the new Country Manager for Salford-based Hoist Finance UK, the leading debt restructuring partner for international banks. He joined the business in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Winfield has more than 20-years’ experience in financial services, insurance and retail, having started his career with Kwik Save and Argos. More recently he…
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Aldermore has announced the appointment of Petrina Oliver as the Head of Enterprise Risk. Oliver, has over 20 years of banking experience, including 13 years in financial services risk management. She joins Aldermore from Royal Bank of Scotland where she has worked since 2010, most recently as Head of Prudential Regulation & Frameworks, Risk Analytics…
Read moreThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced two new senior appointments. Following an internal promotion, Lucilia Falsarella Pereira, previously an Assistant Director at the CMA, has already started in her new position, as has Fred Houwen, who joined the Competition and Markets Authority from Reckitt Benckiser on 3 January 2017. Tim Geer will join…
Read moreShoosmiths has appointed David Pacey as a finance litigation partner into the London office. Pacey will lead the firm’s financial services litigation strategy nationally. Pacey joins Shoosmiths’ London office from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Having trained and qualified at CMS Cameron McKenna he went onto a senior in house role at a major clearing…
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Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Jonathan Dunn to the team of Intermediary Regional Managers. Dunn joined the Society in 2014 after leaving the building trade. He joined Skipton Direct as a Level 1 call taker, with no previous experience in the financial sector. Dunn has worked his way through Skipton Direct up to…
Read moreArrow Global Group (Arrow) has announced that Tom Drury has decided to step down as Group CEO. Lee Rochford, formerly CFO of Virgin Money will replace Tom as Group CEO and Board Director from 3 January 2017. Drury will remain with the business until the end of February to provide an orderly handover period. Rochford…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has appointed Rob Luker as Deputy Commissioner (Policy). Luke will join the ICO on 30th January. He was previously British High Commissioner to Malta, and has also served overseas in Brazil and Paris as well as in policy roles at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London. Information Commissioner Elizabeth…
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National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed dispute resolution and asset finance expert David Farnell to the firm’s new office in Leeds as a partner in the firms recoveries services group (RSG). Joining from Addleshaw Goddard, Farnell has over 20 years’ experience as a finance litigator and works with a number of the UK’s leading banks…
Read moreSpring Finance has promoted Kate Hill to Underwriting Manager. Hill has been an underwriter at Spring Finance since joining the company in July 2015. She previously worked at packagers The Loans Engine and Loans Warehouse, as well as Barclay’s, during the first 13 years of her career. Hill will be assisted by new underwriter Penny…
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