Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the appointment of three new members to its executive board. The three new executive board appointments were elected by members of the ASTL from a record number of candidates and votes. The new board members are Jamie Pritchard, Sales Director at Glenhawk, Sabinda Robinson-Sandhu, Head of Operations…
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Beverley Building Society has announced that it has appointed Christopher White as Chief Financial Officer. White takes up the position following the promotion of Janet Bedford, who previously held the position, to the role of Chief Executive. White, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, has significant experience in financial services…
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Yorkshire Building Society has announced that Susan Allen OBE has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Allen has more than 25 years of experience in financial services having held senior executive positions at a number of large retail banks in the UK. She is currently Head of Customer Transformation at Barclays where she is…
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Mark Fiander, CEO of Gain Credit LLC and Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA) Council member, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Association. Fiander has taken up the position having been involved with the CCTA and related associations for several years. The role of the Chair is to provide strategic advice to the…
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Specialist lender Together has announced the appointment of two new Business Development Managers. Ian Hoggart and Martin Bloe will both be bolstering the group’s regional teams and increasing its footprint across Scotland and South Wales. Their remit will include supporting their existing partners and developing new relationships with brokers, helping to find solutions for their…
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LiveMore, a provider of interest-only mortgages to the over 50s, has announced that it has appointed Phil Quinn as its Head of Intermediary Sales as it restructures for future growth. Quinn joins from Together, where he has been the head of national accounts since 2020. In a career that spans 12 years in the mortgage…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Ruairi O’Connell, OBE, as the new Director of International. O’Connell will join the FCA from the Home Office where he is Director, International. Ruairi has extensive experience in both the Home Office and the Foreign Office, including as British Ambassador to Kosovo. He will be responsible for helping…
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Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced that it has appointed Dan Wass as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Wass will start in his new role at the Society in September 2022 following Gerard O’Keeffe’s decision to retire later this year. Wass was most recently as Director of Member Propositions, Banking, Insurance & Investments at Nationwide…
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Specialist lender Together has announced that it is growing its team across the country, with a series of new senior appointments. Danielle Potter, Pall Thorarinsson and Jamie Grimshaw will join the company as Business Development Directors, bolstering the group’s regional teams and increasing its footprint across the UK. All three will report to Sean Williams,…
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Cambridge Building Society has announced that it has appointed Sandhya Kawar as its new Chief Risk Officer and member of the board. Kawar joined Cambridge Building Society in January this year as Lead in the Risk and Compliance department. Kawar also has a BSc from the London School Economics and an MSc from Warwick University,…
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Digital motor retailing and finance specialist, iVendi has made two new appointments. Dale Reed has been named VP Product Management. He has been working in IT for 30 years, starting as a software engineer and specialising in data aggregation and business intelligence before migrating into product management. For the last decade, he was employed by…
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A new Chair of the Court of the Bank of England has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen. David Roberts is expected to take up his role at the Bank in Autumn 2022 and will succeed Sir Bradley Fried who served as Chair from June 2018 to June 2022. The Bank’s Court acts as…
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TransUnion has appointed Dominic Goslett as Chief Revenue Officer where he will be leading the go-to-market strategy, driving sales and overseeing client relationships. Having held senior leadership roles with TransUnion since 2018, Dominic has been responsible for defining and delivering strategies across a range of sectors, including government, gaming, e-commerce, telecommunications, debt market and utilities.…
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