Allica Bank, the business bank that seeks to empower small and medium-sized businesses, has today announced the appointment of Danny McMurdo as business relationship manager for the South West. In his new role, Danny will work in collaboration with local brokers and introducers to support businesses in the area with access to financial products designed […]
London-based subsidiary of Israel’s leading international bank appoints new chief operating officer as business expansion continues. George has a proven track record of effectively engaging staff in the adoption of new technology and practices to drive business transformation. At Leumi UK, he will be responsible for helping to streamline the bank’s processes and supporting the […]
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has promoted Mike Fletcher as head of client portfolio. Mike has been with IGF for three years and moved across the sales team during a successful period as ABL director in London. Mike’s experience of working within ABL portfolio management, includes positions held at Centric, […]
The in-house asset finance company, who provide financial support for companies looking to invest in assets for their business, has hired four new members of staff during the coronavirus lockdown, bucking the trend of many companies across the UK who have opted to furlough staff or make redundancies. These hires include three business development managers […]
The appointment of Andrew Austwick forms part of the company’s business succession plans following a period where he worked alongside his predecessor, Arthur Foreman, which saw the business lending provider enjoy significant growth. In the last eighteen months, the not-for-profit lending provider completed the purchase of new premises to act as the company’s headquarters, secured […]
BREAL Zeta, the UK asset based lending specialist, today announces the appointment of Kevin Yates as risk director, the latest of a string of key appointments. Kevin will be responsible for BREAL Zeta’s risk management framework and for building on the existing culture of strong risk identification and oversight, challenge and mitigation as the company […]
Hodge has today announced a number of changes to its board, including the appointment of new chairman, Graeme Hughes, who will replace Adrian Piper who retires after nearly ten years as a board member. The bank has also announced Iain Laing will join in July this year as its new chair of risk and conduct, […]
Asset based lending specialist, BREAL Zeta, has appointed Robert Wakeford to the new position of managing director, UK Sales, the company announced today. BREAL Zeta provides flexible facilities up to a £150m maximum hold. Robert will lead the company’s commercial and marketing activity as the team intensifies its focus on supporting the funding needs of […]
Gatehouse Bank has appointed Chris Proudfoot as business development manager for the North region. Chris has five years of experience in Intermediary Sales and joins Gatehouse from Aldermore, where he has worked since 2017 as a business development manager. Prior to this, he was an account manager at Platform Home Loans, a subsidiary of The […]
Unity Trust Bank has strengthened its Midlands presence with the appointment of a new regional drector, James Whitaker. James joins Unity Trust Bank after 13 years at Barclays, where he was director for high growth and entrepreneurship and regional head of SME for business banking, responsible in both roles for supporting innovative high growth businesses. […]
