Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has announced that they have appointed Abby Thomas to the role of Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman. ThOmas brings significant experience in leading change and driving operational excellence in large, complex organisations. She currently works for Virgin Media O2, which has 42.7 million mobile connections and 5.8 million fixed line…
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MotoNovo Finance has announced that it has appointed Matt Lucas to the business’ newly created position of Head of Partnerships The Partnerships & Transformation Team includes all of MotoNovo’s partnership, specialist asset, sales development and distribution functions, including field sales specialists, distribution specialists, L&D specialists and partnerships, along with plans to grow in new specialist…
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Richard Lloyd OBE has become Interim Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, as previously announced on 4th February 2022. Lloyd takes over from Charles Randell CBE, who stood down yesterday after four years as Chair. Randell took up his role as Chair of the FCA and Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) Boards in April 2018. The…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Helen Charlton as the Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, and Andy Mielczarek as the Chair of the FCA Smaller Business Practitioner Panel, succeeding Wanda Goldwag and Marlene Shiels respectively. The Consumer and Smaller Business Practitioner Panels are independent, statutory panels representing the interests of consumers and…
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Global credit intelligence company, Pepper Advantage has announced the appointment of Anna Agafonova as Group Chief Finance Officer. Formerly Group CFO at SWIFT, Agafonova was responsible for the execution of SWIFT’s business strategy and priorities, driving the company’s growth and performance, digital transformation, including robotics and machine learning, and leading a team of 200+ finance,…
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Digital bank Tandem has announced the appointment of a key appointment within its executive team. Georgina Whalley joins Tandem in the newly created senior role of Chief Impact and Marketing Officer. Whalley is mandated with accelerating and amplifying Whalley joins Tandem having held senior roles at global consumer fintech Openpay for the past three years,…
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The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has announced that it has appointed Jon Lawes as the new Chair of the association Lawes will take over from Nina Bell, who oversaw an extended, three-year tenure due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lawes was the Managing Director of Novuna Vehicle Solutions (a trading…
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Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has appointed Collette Allen as Chief Operating Officer (COO) Allen joined the company in 2013 as a Senior Support Specialist and, within two years, earned a position as Head of Client Services. Five years later, she was appointed to the SmartSearch board as Client Services Director. At 30, Allen was…
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Laura Barley has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for TransUnion in the UK. TransUnion pledged in 2019 that it aimed to achieve gender parity in senior leadership by 2030 in all the regions it operates in. The UK leadership team, which is now 50% female, is a testament to that commitment being put…
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Global information and insights provider TransUnion has announced that it has appointed Amanda Rendle to its board as a non-executive director. Rendle brings experience in marketing and communications spanning four decades, with particular expertise in financial services. She previously led an award-winning client engagement programme at leading multinational bank HSBC, where she was global head…
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Yorkshire Building Society has announced that Angela Darlington has joined its Board as Non-Executive Director. Darlington has over 30 years’ experience in financial services and an extensive executive career. She started her career with Bacon & Woodrow and then worked with William M Mercer on a wide variety of actuarial assignments across many countries. Darlington…
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Jaywing has appointed Dean Mitchell as Managing Director (MD) of Consulting Services. Mitchell will be responsible for the delivery of services of Jaywing’s risk consulting business which has recently seen a series of new client wins, alongside its longstanding relationships with existing clients, many of whom are among the UK’s leading financial services brands. Mitchell…
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Ecology Building Society has announced appointed Gareth Griffiths as Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approval. Griffiths is currently Head of Retail Banking at Triodos Bank, which like Ecology is a member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). Prior to that he held leadership roles at RAC and HSBC after beginning his…
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