Castle Trust Bank has strengthened its Sales team with the recruitment of Barry Ireland as regional account manager for the South West & Midlands. Barry joins from Apex Bridging where he managed relationships with all new and existing mortgage brokers and business introducers nationally across England and Wales. Formerly a broker himself, Barry has a […]
Commercial finance consultancy, ABL Business, has grown its south west operation with the appointment of Louise Hamilton as regional director. The hire follows the firm’s announcement in April of a major recruitment drive as joint managing directors Alex Beardsley and Andy Redman chase ambitious growth plans to open a further 12 locations in the next […]
Specialist lender Cambridge & Counties Bank has appointed Patrick Newberry as its new chairman. He replaces Simon Moore, who retired from the Bank after serving 10 years as a Board member. Patrick joined Cambridge & Counties Bank as non-executive director in June 2021, taking responsibility as chair of audit from September 2021. His executive career […]
Knowledge Bank has appointed Shane Chawatama as sales director, to spearhead the fintech firm’s exciting growth plans. Chawatama joins the digital criteria platform from multiple award-winning brokerage Dynamo, formerly known as the Buy-to-Let Business. He joined when the business had only single digit staff numbers and played a pivotal role in building the business. He […]
Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has appointed Tom Straw as restructuring partner in its growing London team. Tom joins RSM after spending nine years at Moorfields Advisory and over three years at BDO as a restructuring specialist. He has more than 15 years’ experience spanning debt advisory, M&A, financial advisory and restructuring, […]
Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has appointed Peter Graham as its head of real estate and construction in the North West. Peter Graham has over 20 years’ experience advising real estate and construction businesses and is a tax partner who leads RSM’s capital allowance team, which he established ten years ago, with a […]
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Chris Daly as managing director of its specialist mortgages division. Chris was most recently head of origination, real estate finance at Secure Trust Bank, leading the formation and development of the Midlands & South origination team. His team provided senior financing of £2-50m for residential, mixed use and […]
Pulse Cashflow Finance have announced that Martyn Freshwater has rejoined the business in the role of regional director to support the growth plans of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Midlands and Central region. Having taken a year out, Martyn is looking forward to getting back to the helm at a critical time […]
Ipswich based law firm Prettys is delighted to welcome new corporate and commercial partner, Sarah Lewis. Sarah is a well-known face for Suffolk businesses having worked as a corporate and commercial lawyer in the region for over 16 years. Senior partner and head of the corporate and commercial team at Prettys, Ian Waine, comments “We […]
Azets announces the arrival of two heavyweight hires within its restructuring and insolvency (R&I) practice in a move which bolsters the firm’s specialist offering across the UK. Andy Davis has been appointed strategic advice director, who joins alongside Rob Young as R&I director. Both add significant experience to the UK Top 10 firm. The appointments […]
