Demand for experienced banking operations talent is burgeoning due to healthy real estate funding and high demand from private equity, venture capital, and asset management firms, according to a new report by specialist recruiter Robert Half. Robert Half’s Salary Guide 2022 – an annual report for projected salary ranges, benefits and hiring trends across several […]
A leading West Midlands law firm has appointed a highly-experienced lawyer to head up its thriving commercial team. Scott Southall joins as head of the commercial team at Higgs LLP, bringing a wealth of direct relatable experience to the firm. He arrives at Higgs as partner having made the move from Triumph Motorcycles Limited, where […]
Wylie & Bisset, the leading Glasgow-based chartered accountants, has appointed Scott Grant, a seasoned head of sales with demonstrable success driving profitable growth in highly competitive markets, as its first ever business development director. Experienced at developing new customer networks and maintaining strong relationships with strategic accounts, Mr Grant has experience of leading management teams […]
Specialist lender Together has bolstered its commercial sales teams by appointing three new business development directors in the regions. Kash Moghul will be driving the group’s growth in London and the South and East, while Chirag Mistry will be responsible for the Midlands and Gordon Spotten the North West. The finance firm – which has […]
Optimum Finance, a company that helps businesses unlock the cash tied up in unpaid invoices, has recruited the former interim small business commissioner (SBC) as a non-executive director. Philip King, who was also the former chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), is joining Optimum to champion not only the benefits of […]
Louisa Sedgwick has joined Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) as deputy managing director, Specialist Mortgages. She joins HTB from Vida Homeloans, where she was managing director of the successful lender, to work alongside Charles McDowell and the existing Specialist Mortgages leadership team. She will support all aspects of the business and help to identify and execute […]
Cynergy Bank is pleased to announce that is has developed an Asset Based Lending offering for SME businesses that want to scale up and grow. It will provide between £200,000 and £20,000,000 to businesses. Borrowing against business assets such as receivables, plant & machinery, inventory and property can provide a flexible, fast and efficient way […]
Hodge has appointed Andrea Roberts as its national account manager for the North. With more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, both as a mortgage adviser, broker and building society manager, Andrea will work closely with Hodge’s key distribution partners, club and networks to grow the lenders’ market share in the North. […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has made two new appointments in its asset finance credit team as it continues to break records for new written business. Gavin Mancey has joined the Bank as underwriter and Daniel Idowu has been promoted to underwriter having started in UTB’s asset finance operations team in 2018. Earlier this year UTB […]
After a successful collaboration as an independent consultant, HPD Lendscape is proud to announce and welcome Xavier Lang-Claes as a full-time consultant. With his 25 years’ experience in the industry, across business and technology, Lang-Claes is a highly respected expert who brings a wealth of technical and business knowledge to the HPD Lendscape. While primarily […]
