Metro Bank makes Commercial Lending Director appointments

11th March 2025

Metro Bank has announced that it has appointed Paul Gaynor and Louise Molloy as Commercial Lending Directors within the North-West region.

Gaynor has 36 years of banking experience and has spent the last two decades working in Corporate and Commercial lending, most recently at NatWest. Gaynor’s new role at Metro Bank will see him based out of the Bank’s Manchester store where he will cover most of the North-West. He will work with new and existing business customers with a turnover of £2-£25 million looking to borrow between £0.5-£5 million.

Louise Molloy brings over 15 years’ lending and relationship management experience from a successful career at NatWest. Molloy will be responsible for supporting SMEs in all sectors across the North-West with debt requirements over £500,000 to achieve their growth ambitions. She will also help drive forward Metro Bank’s ambitions as a signatory to the Investing in Women Code. 

Mark Davies, Director Commercial Banking at Metro Bank said “I’m thrilled to welcome Louise and Paul to Metro Bank. They are joining at a particularly exciting time in the Bank’s journey as we look to grow further and lend to more businesses in the North-West and ahead of us opening two new stores in the North-West this year.”