Credit, collections & insolvency news
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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Maeve Ward has joined specialist lender Together as Intermediary Project Manager. Ward will primarily be Together’s representative in Wales and will review strategic growth plans with directors. Ward will also support brokers and colleagues, providing group training presentations, lender days, and where appropriate, media and events in the region. Ward started her career with First National…
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Credit risk solutions provider, Atto has announced a strategic partnership with FICO, which will enable lenders to integrate Open Banking data into the credit scoring process. Atto and FICO are combining their expertise to deliver transaction-based scores that rank-order consumers’ risk by analysing up-to-date consumer-permissioned current account and tradeline transaction data. The combination of Attos…
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Aryza Group has announced the appointment of Kevin O’Neill as its Chief Revenue Officer. O’Neill joins Aryza from Napier Ai, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer, driving the company’s business growth plans. Previously, he has held senior roles at Fenergo and RBC, bringing a wealth of expertise to Aryza’s team. O’Neill’s career also includes notable…
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OSB Group has announced it has appointed Victoria Hyde as Chief Financial Officer, taking up her post on 10 May. Hyde succeeds April Talintyre, who said she would retire in November and steps down from the board at the firm’s annual meeting on 9th May.Hyde joined the FTSE 250 lender as Deputy Chief Financial…
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Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Manj Dhinsay as Senior Intermediary Lead. Dhinsay career journey, which spans nearly two decades with Coventry Building Society, began in the branch network where she honed her skills as a mortgage advisor before transitioning into management roles. In 2013, Dhinsay moved into the intermediary sector, leading inbound…
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The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced it has appointed Geoff Maleham, Managing Director of Novuna Business Finance, to the FLA board. Maleham has more than 20 years of business and Asset Finance experience, with credit risk roles held at both Abbey and ING Lease before joining Novuna Business Finance in 2013. He was…
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Starling Bank has announced the appointment of Raman Bhatia as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Bhatia will take over from John Mountain, who has been acting as interim CEO since founder Anne Boden announced she was stepping back from the role last year. Bhatia is currently the Chief Executive of OVO, a leading technology-enabled energy…
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