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. […]
Masthaven Bank has made changes to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Leigh Bartlett as chief executive officer (CEO). Jon Hall will continue in his current role as CCO and deputy CEO whilst Andrew Bloom, Masthaven’s founder, has stepped back from being CEO but will continue to remain on the Board as non-executive […]
Atelier Capital Partners, the short-term lender, has announced four senior hires into its credit and risk team, two of whom have joined the company during the lockdown. All the hires, comprising three senior investment managers and an investment manager, will be involved in both the structuring and management of credit risk. They are as follows: […]
Praetura Asset Finance has announced the appointment of Lewis Banford to the role of regional sales director for the South of England. Working alongside sales director Ric Simmons and the other members of Praetura’s business development team, Lewis will be responsible for over-seeing the continuing expansion of the Praetura Asset Finance brand in the south; […]
Lottie joined the bank in December as a business development manager, managing existing and new broker relationships for the North region. Lottie has almost 20 years’ experience in financial services, having joined Gatehouse from Chorley Building Society where she was a business development manager. Earlier in her career, Lottie was a mortgage adviser for a […]
