Crown Agents Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Bhairav Trivedi as CEO Designate. His appointment is subject to the usual regulatory confirmations in due course. Bhairav and current Group CEO Albert Maasland will jointly oversee the transition. Bhairav joins Crown Agents Bank as it completes its comprehensive modernisation and transformation programme, becoming a […]
AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has announced today that its chief executive, Mark Farrar, will be stepping down after seven years in the role as he retires from full-time employment to pursue other interests. Over his tenure, Mark has led significant changes in AAT’s journey, ensuring the organisation stays relevant to its members, students and […]
Hodge has today announced a number of changes to its mortgage team which will help the business cope with increased demand. As part of the changes, Ryan Davies has been appointed as the managing director of mortgages, after having held the role on an interim basis since March 2020. The team has also grown significantly […]
James Bloom has been appointed to the Board of Alternative Bridging Corporation, the short-term lender and Alternative Investment Fund Manager, following formal approval by the FCA. James, who has over 30 years of property finance experience first at Regentsmead and then at Masthaven, joined Alternative Bridging Corporation in November 2019 and hit the ground running, […]
Scottish accountancy practice Wylie & Bisset has promoted two long-standing members of its business recovery and insolvency department. The promotions see insolvency managers Paul McDougall, with almost 15 years’ service with the firm, move to associate director, and Chris Wardle, with over 19 years’ service, to senior manager with effect from 1 February 21. Donald […]
RSM has appointed James Dowers as partner in its special investigations team. The leading audit, tax and consulting firm appointed James to advise on contentious insolvency, civil claims investigations, asset recovery and insolvency litigation. He is based in RSM’s London office. Prior to joining RSM, James was a partner at CVR Global LLP. He has […]
Paragon Bank’s construction finance team has strengthened its regional presence with the appointment of business development managers, Chris Shaw and Kelly Matthews. Chris, who will be based out of Newcastle, joins from JCB Finance where he was able to build on his specialist knowledge of the construction sector, the needs of customers and assets funded. […]
Birmingham and London-based Offa, the UK’s first Shariah-compliant bridging provider, has strengthened its senior management team with the recent appointment of Sultan Choudhury OBE as its first chairman and Andy Blenkinsop, chairman of Offa’s Risk Committee. Sultan Choudhury has 26 years’ experience in professional and financial services (Deloitte, Charles Schwab, Barclays, and Al Rayan Bank). […]
Independent Growth Finance (IGF),leading independent commercial finance provider, appoints two new ABL directors. Michael Wardin Yorkshire and James Hoganin London, to strengthen their presence across the two regions where they have a growing presence. James comes to IGF with over 15 years’ experience supporting SME’s in corporate and leveraged finance banking sectors. He specialised in leveraged and […]
Recognise Bank has announced the appointment of Anita Maclean to join their executive team. Anita’s role will focus on the development and execution of the Bank’s future strategy. Anita will also work closely with the CEO, Jason Oakley and deputy CEO, Bryce Glover on a range of key projects linked to the successful development of […]
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Edition 288 – October/November 2020
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