Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Data driven technology company Connected Data has announced the appointment of Charlie Horner as Head of Data. Horner brings with him over 30 years of experience in senior data industry roles that have focused on the effective use of data and analytics to deliver positive outcomes for organisations across various sectors and their customers. This…
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Leek Building Society has announced that its has appointed Andy Deeks as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Deeks will be replace Andrew Healy who has announced he will be stepping down in July after six years in the position. Deeks will join the Building Society on 1st August. Deeks brings many years of experience as an Executive Director in…
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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced that David Geale has been appointed Interim Managing Director. The interim appointment will be for a period of nine months. Geale joins the PSR from the FCA where he has most recently been Director of Retail Banking with responsibility for supervision and policy. He has also been a…
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Dudley Building Society has announced the appointment of Simon Dodd as its new Head of Retail. Dodd joined in April from Coventry Building Society, where he held the position of Head of B2B Marketing. During his eight years at the mutual, he oversaw significant growth and was awarded the Financial Reporter Mortgage Industry Marketer of the Year…
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UK Finance has announced the appointment of Simon Bladon, Chief Executive Officer, PayPal UK and Ian McLaughlin, Group Chief Executive Officer, Vanquis Banking Group, to its board. Simon Bladon is PayPal UK Chief Executive Officer, and Vice President of Global Entity Management. Simon was formerly a Managing Director at Barclays with over 20 years’ experience…
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TransUnion has announced that it has appointed Praneeth Meka as its new Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the United Kingdom and Europe. The appointment sees the business combine data asset management and data science and analytics leadership into one leadership role for the first time. Joining the executive with his appointment to the Chief…
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Compare the Market has announced several new appointments to its Money team, as the much-loved price comparison website continues to expand its choice for customers. Andy Hancock joined the business in January as Chief Growth Officer to focus on increasing the range of products available to help customers make better financial decisions. Since then, with…
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Harpenden Building Society has announced the appointment of Tracie Pearce as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Pearce has over 29 years’ experience in retail banking across three major financial institutions, Nationwide Building Society, HSBC and most recently Santander, where she was the Chief Customer Officer, Homes at Santander UK. At HSBC she started as…
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Liz Oakes has been appointed and Carolyn Wilkins has been re-appointed as external members of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced. Liz Oakes joins as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC). Her appointment fills the role previously filled by Elisabeth Stheeman. She will serve…
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Nottingham Building Society has announced that it has appointed Maxine Davenport as Head of Underwriting. Davenport has over 20 years of experience in mortgage underwriting, product lifecycle management and operational risk environments and was most recently product and business manager at Aldermore Bank. Prior to her time at Aldermore, she worked in underwriting at the…
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Aryza Group has announced the appointments of two new Non-Executive Directors, Michael McAteer and Tamara McMillen. McAteerl brings broad experience from Grant Thornton across a range of accounting and financial restructuring disciplines, advising Irish and cross border businesses on best practices in the retail, leisure, construction and IT sectors. He is a Fellow of the…
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Short-term lender Glenhawk has announced it has appointed John Butt as Head of Credit. Butt joins the newly-created role from Foundation Homeloans and has more than 20 years’ experience in specialist lending. Butt will work closely with the underwriting and sales team to improve the application and lending process, as well as assisting with complex…
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Mortgage broker, L&C Mortgages has announced it has appointed Mark Harrington as its new Chief Executive Officer. Harrington brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, having joined the company in 2003. He has held a number of different roles in his time with the company, rising from mortgage and protection adviser to…
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