Sancus BMS Group, the niche asset backed alternative lender, has announced that Bob Rowbotham has joined their team in London as director of business development. Bob will be responsible for developing relationships and generating business from brokers and borrowers throughout the UK. Bob’s most recent position, as commercial banking director of real estatefinance at Metro […]
Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Karl Leitelmayer as its head of business centre for trade finance. Karl is an invoice finance specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He joins BFS after 19 years at Lloyds Banking Group, most recently as head of broker channel sales – […]
Simply, the SME funder, today announced that it has expanded its team in Northern Ireland with the appointment of Sean Darcy, area sales manager for the south west of Northern Ireland. Sean has over 30 years’ experience in the commercial banking and asset finance sectors in Northern Ireland. He joins from another funder and fully […]
As Corporate Counsel, Ben operates as the front-line transactional and corporate counsel, managing deal documentation and related matters, for Gordon Brothers’ international business. He has over 10 years’ experience of restructuring and insolvency matters including distressed corporate M&A, pre-pack insolvency transactions, corporate financial restructurings, and formal insolvencies. Ben has worked on numerous complex, cross-border restructurings, […]
A new regional asset finance director for Scotland has been appointed at Paragon, with extensive experience in the asset finance sector. Fraser Tilley joins Paragon from Santander, where he spent nine years as Scottish regional director for asset finance, leading the business in growing the commercial lending for the region. Prior to joining Santander, Fraser […]
Alternative is delighted to announce that James Bloom has joined the company as divisional director. James joins from Masthaven Bank where he was managing director, short-term lending, and prior to that he was chief executive at Regentsmead where he led the company to become one of the leading privately-owned development finance businesses. Brian Rubins, executive […]
Keith Morgan has today announced that he will be standing down from the role of chief executive of the Government-owned British Business Bank at the end of 2020 after eight years at the helm of the UK’s economic development bank for smaller businesses. Keith was appointed in January 2013 to lead the design and establishment […]
Capitalise.com has appointed ex Receipt Bank CRO, Nelson Da Silva, as chief revenue officer. The new hire comes following a period of growth for the company, which closed a £3.5m funding round in February 2019, subsequently doubling its staff headcount, and confirms Capitalise.com’s position as an accounting technology business. Mr Da Silva has held a […]
LendInvest has hired a new director of mortgage underwriting, and further expanded its regional sales team with a second business development manager for the North West. Gene Clohessy joins the team as director of mortgage underwriting, and will be leading the underwriting team towards its goal of market leading broker engagement, faster underwriting processes, and […]
The Institute of Export and International Trade is pleased to announce the appointment of Marco Forgione as its new director general. Mr Forgione, currently the director general of the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA), will take up his post in January 2020. Prior to his role as DG of BADA, Marco has served as a […]
