International business financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Helen Norris as chief people and organisation officer to drive forward its BFS 4.0 strategy, which aims to bring together people and technology to boost support for SMEs around the world. Helen joins BFS from the British Business Bank, where she spent more […]
Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory firm, has appointed Chloë Ellis as Office Managing Partner in Leeds, succeeding Oliver Hoffman after almost a decade in the role. The Leeds office is one of Mazars’ largest outside of London, having nearly trebled its team in less than ten years, and now boasting 240 people. Chloë, […]
In preparation for its recent launch and achieving its full banking licence in November, Monument has built out a strong lending team, bringing on board experienced professionals with deep knowledge of the end-to-end journey in providing debt facilities to experienced property investors. The relationship management lending team is led by Conor McDermott, head of lending, […]
The specialist property lender Atelier has unveiled two high-profile hires as it prepares to dramatically dial up its lending in the New Year. Atelier has provided well over £200m in development finance since it launched in early 2020, and it now aims to pass the £300m milestone by Spring 2022. As enquiries continue to surge, Simon Joseph has […]
FinTech SaaS provider Toqio has appointed Chris Weller as commercial director UK and Europe. Weller is one of the latest senior hires to join the Toqio team, which has scaled from 17 to 71 in 2021. His appointment follows Alessandro Palma, who joined as chief financial officer. Weller will use his strong background leading commercial […]
Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory firm, has appointed Jenny Birch as an audit partner in its Birmingham office. Jenny joins Mazars from PwC and will focus on growing the Mazars’ Midlands practice, with a particular emphasis on bringing the best of Mazars’ quality and expertise to the firm’s existing and future Public Interest […]
Paul Beadle has been appointed as head of communications for Recognise Bank, one of the UK’s newest fintech challenger banks, which launched just over a year ago to serve the country’s small business sector, as well as offering personal and business savings products. With over 25 years’ experience in financial services, Beadle was previously head […]
Time Finance are pleased to announce that they have appointed Lauren Maloney as business development manager in their invoice finance team. Lauren joins with over 14 years’ experience working within the financial services sector. She spent the beginning of career working in both relationship-management and portfolio-management positions at NatWest and Santander, before moving into invoice […]
Advantedge Commercial Finance (Advantedge), a leading invoice financier, has appointed James Cresswell to the role of regional managing director – Midlands. James will be responsible for leading the continued growth and development of Advantedges’ presence in the Midlands region as it continues to get back on track following a challenging two years. The appointment comes […]
EY announces the acquisition of PeakEPM Limited (“PeakEPM”), a leading UK provider of financial planning, stress testing and cost management consulting for financial services, industrial and energy firms. The acquisition will support the growth of EY Financial Services Consulting ambitions by strengthening financial planning and analysis capabilities. Combining PeakEPM’s technical modelling with EY teams’ financial […]
