Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Digital bank Tandem announces the appointment of David Briggs as Managing Director of its Car Finance Division. Briggs joins Tandem in this newly created senior role to accelerate and amplify Tandem’s mission to build the UK’s fairer, greener digital bank and is the first senior appointment to Tandem’s Executive Committee following Tandem’s acquisition of leading…
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Provident Financial Group (PFG) has announced the appointment of Fiona Anderson as Managing Director of Cards, subject to regulatory approval. Anderson has a wealth of significant experience across credit cards and personal banking. From 2019 to 2021, she served as Head of Everyday Banking at HSBC and prior to that she held senior positions at…
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Intelligent decisioning technology provider LendingMetrics has announced a number fo new appointments to ensure high delivery standards as its customer base expands. Ben Smith has joined the company as Account Manager; Kelvin Lee as Support Engineer; Ross Tully as Business Development Manager; and Paulo Bordeira De Brito as Developer. Alongside these changes, Craig Jenkins has…
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TotallyMoney has appointed Henry Pearce as Head of Data. Joining from Tandem Bank, Pearce will be pivotal in the development and roll-out of upcoming features, providing customers with personalised updates and tips to help improve their credit eligibility. This includes deeper insights into their spending and borrowing patterns, so they more thoroughly understand what may…
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Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has announced the appointment of two Managing Directors within the business with George Gee becoming Managing Director (Commercial) and Kelly Pallister as Managing Director (Operations). Gee has been with Foundation for six years in a variety of roles, most recently as Commercial Director. He had previously been with…
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Hodge Bank has announced that it has appointed Rob Regan as its new Chief Operating Officer. Regan brings a wealth of experience to the role having previously held roles as Chief Operating Officer at Legal & General (L&G) and Group Operations Director at Royal London Group. In his most recent role, Regan was Chief Executive…
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TotallyMoney has announced that it has appointed Rebecca Shears as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Shears holds over 20 years’ experience in national and international marketing roles, working with global consumer brands including T-Mobile, HP and global fintech payments company OFX. More recently she was Global Chief Marketing Officer at BIMA, responsible for growing the…
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HM Treasury has announced that they have started the search for the next Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). While the search for Charles Randell’s permanent successor concludes, Richard Lloyd OBE will act as Interim Chair of the FCA from 1st June 2022. Aidene Walsh will act as interim chair of the Payments Systems…
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The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) has announced the appointment of Henk Van Hulle as the organisation’s first Chief Executive Officer. The creation of this new position was recognised in the CMA’s recently published updated governance arrangements for the OBIE, as part of a package of changes that deliver a strong and effective governance and…
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MotoNovo has announced changes to its Senior Leadership team led by Managing Director Karl Werner. The changes will see Debbie McKay, promoted to the new role as Commercial Director of Motor Sales, Chris Rowthorn, promoted to a new role as Director of Motor Sales Operations. The leadership team will also include Donna Slater, Head of…
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Virgin Money has announced the appointment of Susan Poot as Group Chief Risk Officer. Poot joins Virgin Money from ING Bank, where she spent over 20 years in a number of commercial and risk roles, the most recent of which was Chief Risk Officer, Retail Banking. In her role she was responsible for setting the…
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Andy Smithson has been appointed to the new role of Head of Internal Control, Compliance and Legal at Startline Motor Finance. He will be responsible for ensuring a robust and effective control environment with strong ongoing legal, regulatory and operational compliance, as well as managing the interlock with the company’s legal panel and leading the…
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Intelligent decisioning technology provider LendingMetrics has announced a number of new appointments and several promotions within its fast-growing workforce. Donna Airey has been appointed as the company’s Head of Finance, bringing a wealth of experience in finance management to the department. Chelsea Clark is the company’s new Talent Acquisition Specialist and will be leading the…
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