Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
European investor and alternative asset manager in credit and real estate Arrow Global has announced the appointment of Fiona O’Sullivan, Head of Internal Audit, and Martin Dowdall, Chief Operating Officer, to Dublin-headquartered Mars Capital Finance. Joining Mars Capital’s Irish senior leadership team, O’Sullivan brings over 10 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant across Practice, External…
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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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Dancerace has announced that it has strengthened its commitment to customer service with new Account team members. Louisa Templeton joins the company’s UK team as Product Specialist. Formerly of Aldermore Bank, Nucleus Commercial Finance and Bibby Financial Services, Templeton also brings 18 years of finance experience to the company. Alison Lawrence joins the company’s Australian…
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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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Enforcement market integrator, Just has announced that it has appointed Alan Wood, as a Strategic Account Director to the public sector. Wood has been in enforcement for over 21 years working on a variety of debt types. Wood is one of 15 fellows of the British Parking Association as well as the Vice-Chair of both…
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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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Business advisory firm Quantuma has confirmed plans to double the headcount of its North West operation from 20 to 40 in the next two years to meet growing client demand. With more than 18 bases around the UK and 23 globally, Quantuma arrived in the North West in 2019, and has since grown to become…
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Optimum Finance has announced the appointment of Mike Stevens as Regional Director. Stevens, re-joins the team at Bristol-based specialist invoice finance provider from Peak Cashflow. Optimum has invested heavily in its team in 2021 with 14 new hires, including the expansion of its technology team by 350%. This rapid growth has resulted in Optimum being…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Direct Line Group CEO, Penny James, as Chair of its Practitioner Panel. James who has been a member of the Panel since September 2020, will take up the post from 1st March 2022. She succeeds Paul Feeney, CEO of Quilter. The FCA Practitioner Panel is an independent statutory body…
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Flexys Solutions have announced the appointment of James Hill to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Hill previously worked at Tribal Group where he was Global Professional Services Delivery Director with responsibility for project delivery and leadership of the global Professional Services and PMO divisions. He will take responsibility for implementing the strategic vision and…
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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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