Appointments

Stellantis announces changes in leadership team

May 30, 2024: Stellantis has announced changes to its leadership team, effective from June 1st. Luca Napolitano will be appointed Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Stellantis, in addition to his current responsibility as Lancia brand CEO. Napolitano w...

New chairman appointed at WeDo Business Services

May 28, 2024: The former chief executive of a division of Close Brothers has been appointed as the new chairman of WeDo Business Services. James Broadhead spent more than 20 years at Close Brothers Motor Finance. He joined in 2000 as operations director and lat...

Alphabet appoints new Chief Sales Officer

May 21, 2024: Leasing and mobility expert Alphabet (GB) has announced the appointment of Ian Turner as its new Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Turner has an impressive track record spanning over 35 years with experience in sales, marketing and product development. J...

Haydock appoints new Broker Manager

May 15, 2024: Haydock Finance have confirmed the appointment of James Carey as Broker Manager for the Midlands area. Carey had previously spent two years as a Business Development Manager at Shawbrook Bank. Carey fully understands broker needs and thinking fro...

STAR Asset Finance Group announces CEO transition

May 14, 2024: STAR Asset Finance Group, provider of asset finance solutions to UK SMEs, has announced that Jim Higginbotham has stepped down from his role as CEO. Jim has been with the company for four years, serving the last two as CEO. During his tenure, the ...

Acquis welcomes Brendan Curran as Business Development Manager

May 13, 2024: Specialist insurance provider to the asset finance industry, Acquis, has appointed Brendan Curran as Business Development Manager. Based in Philadelphia, Brendan will be responsible for driving forward Acquis’s expansion in the US. With 30 years o...

Andy Craggs joins Premier Asset Finance

May 13, 2024: Andy Craggs has joined Premier Asset Finance as Business Development Manager, focusing on the Humber and East Midlands. Andy joins Premier Asset Finance with over 35 years of experience in the asset finance industry, having spent the last 25 as Ma...

Allica Bank launches accountancy partnerships team

May 07, 2024: Allica Bank has announced the launch of a new partnerships team, specifically focused on growing its relationships with accountancy firms across the UK. The digital challenger bank sees accountants as a vital connection to its core segment of esta...

Paragon Bank’s SME Lending division appoints Adam Zadora as Business Development Director

May 02, 2024: Adam Zadora has joined Paragon Bank’s SME Lending division as Business Development Director in the Broker team. Adam joins the Paragon team from Shawbrook Bank, where he spent just over five years in relationship management and business developmen...

Holman announces senior management changes

May 01, 2024: Global fleet management organisation Holman has announced key UK leadership changes, including the appointment of David Hunt to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) role. Bringing more than 30 years of industry experience to the role, Hunt has most r...

Adam Taylor promoted to Vice President of Software Engineering at LTi Technology Solutions

Apr 30, 2024: LTi Technology Solutions (LTi) has announced the promotion of Adam Taylor to the role of Vice President of Software Engineering. In his new role, Adam assumes oversight of all LTi software engineering initiatives across the organisation, encompass...

Hexa Finance bolster technology finance capability with new appointment

Apr 30, 2024: Technology finance experts, Hexa Finance, has announced the appointment of Robert Inchley as Head of Wholesale Finance. In a career spanning more than 30 years, working for technology funders such as GE Capital, BNP Paribas, Siemens and Quartz, Ro...

Dawn Tuck joins Close Brothers Asset Finance’s Manufacturing team

Apr 25, 2024: Close Brothers Asset Finance’s Manufacturing team has announced the appointment of Dawn Tuck to the position of Regional Sales Manager for the North West. Dawn brings significant financial services experience to the role – including over 25 years ...

Shoosmiths appoints Shama Perera as director of business development & marketing

Apr 24, 2024: Shoosmiths has appointed Shama Perera as the new director of business development & marketing. Perera will drive the firm’s client-led growth strategy across the firm’s core practice areas of real estate, corporate and litigation and fiv...

Time Finance welcomes Dan Murphy as the newest addition to its business development team

Apr 24, 2024: Dan Murphy has joined Time Finance as Business Development Manager in its Invoice Finance team. Murphy joins with over five years’ experience in the financial services industry having held positions at Barclays, Praetura Invoice Finance and Grenke...

Andrew Brameld steps into Chief Commercial Officer role at BNP Paribas Personal Finance

Apr 24, 2024: Andrew Brameld has stepped into the role of Chief Commercial Officer at BNP Paribas Personal Finance from his position as Managing Director of motor finance. Brameld joined BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK in 2017 following an extensive career in a...

Stefany Rojas and Anne Jenkins appointed to key leadership roles at Leasepath

Apr 24, 2024: Leasepath, provider of innovative financial technology solutions, has announced the appointment of Stefany Rojas as Executive Director and Vice President of Client Relations, and Anne Jenkins as Vice President of Product Management to drive im...

Evolve Business Finance expands team with new business development executive

Apr 23, 2024: Independent commercial finance broker, Evolve Business Finance, has announced the appointment of Nilima Begum to the newly established position of business development executive. In this role, Nilima will be responsible for fostering strong relati...

Richard Cameron to lead new Broker Solutions division at Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing

Apr 22, 2024: Richard Cameron has been appointed to the position of Managing Director of the newly formed Broker Solutions division at Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing, which will simplify their market-leading broker offering and provide a single point o...

Restructure at Shire Leasing sees Helen Lumb take MD role

Apr 12, 2024: Shire Leasing PLC has announced an Executive Board restructuring to drive continued growth plans. Effective April 1, 2024, Helen Lumb has assumed the role of Managing Director. Lumb brings a wealth of experience and an intimate knowledge of the co...

Aston Barclay appoints new Auction Centre Manager for Wakefield 

Apr 11, 2024: Aston Barclay has appointed Dean Ashworth as Wakefield’s Auction Centre Manager. With over two decades of experience in the automotive sector, Dean joins from Available Car, where he worked as General Manager. Prior to this, Dean held roles at Mars...

Time Finance appoints new head of marketing

Apr 11, 2024: SME finance provider, Time Finance, has appointed Caroline McDonald as the new Head of Marketing in a move that will support the business’ long-term growth strategy as it nears the end of its strongest trading year to-date. Caroline brings over 20...

Travis Carroll promoted to Vice President Information Technology at LTi Technology Solutions

Apr 09, 2024: LTi Technology Solutions (LTi) has promoted Travis Carroll to the position of Vice President Information Technology. In this elevated role, Travis will assume responsibility for maintaining oversight of critical IT functions, while also fostering ...

Haydock announces promotions in broker management team

Apr 03, 2024: Haydock Finance have announced three promotions in their broker management team, with Adam Bamforth and Claire Cooper becoming Senior Broker Managers and Rebecca Walton promoted to the new position of Broker Manager. ...

LTi Technology Solutions announces promotion of Jenny Jarose to Vice President

Apr 02, 2024: Celebrating its 35th anniversary milestone this year, LTi Technology Solutions (LTi) has promoted Jenny Jarose to Vice President Human Resources and Administration. With her extensive background in the industry, Jarose will oversee the comprehensiv...

Julian Nutley from Tandem Bank joins FLA Board

Mar 28, 2024: The Finance & Leasing Association has appointed Julian Nutley, Managing Director of Home Improvement Lending at Tandem Bank, to the FLA Board. Julian has over 35 years of experience in specialist lending. He started his career at First Nationa...

Brett Blankenship promoted to Vice President of Customer Support at LTi

Mar 28, 2024: LTi Technology Solutions (LTi) has promoted Brett Blankenship to Vice President of Customer Support. A member of the LTi team since 2016, Brett brings a wealth of experience in the equipment finance industry, with expertise in application support....

Bibby Financial Services bolsters team to boost SME funding

Mar 25, 2024: Independent invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the addition of two sales professionals - Graham Leaney (pictured left) and Mike Stevens - to its expanding team, in the South West region, as it endeavours...

Novuna’s Geoff Maleham joins FLA Board

Mar 22, 2024: The Finance & Leasing Association has appointed Geoff Maleham, Managing Director of Novuna Business Finance, to the FLA Board. Geoff has more than 20 years of business and asset finance experience, with credit risk roles held at both Abbey and...

Time Finance secures Scott Rogers in vendor finance team

Mar 21, 2024: Time Finance has appointed Scott Rogers as Senior Account Manager in its Vendor Finance team. Rogers joins Time Finance with over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry having held positions at Syscap, DB Finance & Leasing and...

Cambridge & Counties Bank appoints Tim Lucas as its first Head of Product & Proposition

Mar 20, 2024: Specialist lender Cambridge & Counties Bank has appointed Tim Lucas to the newly created role of Head of Product & Proposition. Reporting to the bank’s Chief Commercial Officer, Sarah Barker, he will work alongside the leaders of the bank’s...

TLT hires financial services regulation heavyweight Amanda Hulme

Mar 19, 2024: UK law firm TLT has recruited top regulatory lawyer Amanda Hulme to lead the firm’s financial services regulation team. Joining from 1st April 2024 in London, Hulme will be leading a team of lawyers working across TLT’s offices, enhancing the pract...

Senior appointments drive Fleet Alliance’s sustainable mobility strategy

Mar 19, 2024: Fleet Alliance has made a number of senior appointments to underpin the growth of the fleet management provider as a sustainable mobility business. Among the key appointments is Emma Lovick as the new Head of People and Culture. Her remit is to de...

Neil Pein appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions

Mar 18, 2024: Effective from today, Neil Pein, previously Head of Payments for Group BNP Paribas, will succeed Isabelle Loc as Director and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions. Neil Pein will report to Thierry Laborde, Chief Operating Offic...

BNP Paribas appoints Isabelle Loc as Head of Commercial & Personal Banking in France

Mar 18, 2024: BNP Paribas has announced that Isabelle Loc, previously Director and Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, will take over the management of Commercial & Personal Banking in France as of March 18th. Loc succeeds Marguerite B...

Specialist business finance brokerage appoints two new directors

Mar 13, 2024: County Durham-based Dealer Net Finance has promoted Sam Musgrave and Kavan Young to the role of directors within the business. The strategic internal promotions come at a time of growth for the company, helping to create a strong senior leadership...

Asset Alliance Group appoints Amanda Figg as Chief Technology Officer

Mar 12, 2024: Experienced organisational change expert, Amanda Figg, has joined the leadership team of Asset Alliance Group as Chief Technology Officer to support a programme of transformation across the business. Figg previously worked as an independent manage...

Pepper Money CEO, Mario Rehayem, appointed Chair of Australian Finance Industry Association

Mar 11, 2024: The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) has appointed Mario Rehayem as its new Chair from March 1, 2024. Mario brings a wealth of industry experience in the financial sector and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Pepper M...

Dr Martin Paal appointed CFO of GRENKE AG

Mar 06, 2024: GRENKE AG’s Supervisory Board has announced the appointment of the current Head of Finance, Dr Martin Paal, as Chief Financial Officer, effective from July 1, 2024. A proven finance and banking expert, Dr Paal joined GRENKE AG as Vice President Co...

Lendscape strengthens commercial team with new appointment

Mar 06, 2024: Lendscape has announced the appointment of Chris Coleman as Regional Commercial Director. Coleman brings extensive industry experience, having spent over 15 years structuring complex asset based lending (ABL) and invoice finance deals for RBS, San...

John Smyth rejoins Bibby Financial Services to boost SME funding in Scotland

Mar 05, 2024: Independent invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the return of Business Development Manager John Smyth to its team in Scotland as it continues to grow its finance support for the country’s SMEs and business adviso...

Novuna Business Finance welcomes Cat Powell to their Senior Leadership Team

Mar 01, 2024: Novuna Business Finance has announced that Cat Powell has been appointed as Head of Data Insight and Automation. Powell has been at Novuna for four and a half years, leading their strategic change team through a number of large-scale projects. Com...

Metro Bank appoints Andy Veares as Managing Director for Corporate and Commercial

Feb 20, 2024: Metro Bank has appointed Andy Veares as its new managing director for corporate and commercial subject to regulatory approval. Veares has been at the bank since 2012 most recently as director of large trading businesses. ...

NETSOL Technologies appoints Aysha Ellis-Aziz as Global Head of Marketing - Field and Partnerships

Feb 15, 2024: NETSOL Technologies, Inc. has appointed Aysha Ellis-Aziz to the role of Global Head of Marketing - Field and Partnerships. This strategic move closely follows the recent appointment of Erik Wagner as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of NETSOL Tech...

DriverCheck appoints new account manager as expansion continues

Feb 12, 2024: Glasgow-based licence checking and compliance business, DriverCheck, has continued its planned expansion with the appointment of David Greenaway as account manager to service new and existing clients. Reporting into managing director Yvette Gianni...

DF Capital appoints Sean Thomson to support growth in new markets

Feb 08, 2024: Specialist bank, DF Capital, has appointed Sean Thomson as managing director of business development, to support the bank’s growth aspirations. Reporting to Garry Frew, DF Capital’s chief commercial officer, Sean will provide strategic direction, ...

Paul Slapa joins Virtual Lease Services Limited as Sales and Marketing Director

Feb 08, 2024: Virtual Lease Services Limited (VLS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NETSOL Technologies, has appointed Paul Slapa as Sales and Marketing Director. In this new role, Slapa will be responsible for leading and executing a sales and marketing strategy ...

DLL announces appointment of Lara Yocarini as CEO

Feb 01, 2024: DLL has announced the intended appointment of Lara Yocarini as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Executive Board of DLL, for a term of four years, from 1st May 2024. Yocarini will succeed Carlo van Kemenade, who will join the Managing Board...

Tim Hudson takes over from Ian Hare as Clear Vehicle Data Managing Director

Feb 01, 2024: Clear Vehicle Data has announced that founder and Managing Director, Ian Hare, is moving to a non-executive role in the business. Hare, who launched CVD in 2013, has decided to step back, passing day-to-day operations to his business partner Tim Hu...

Close Brothers Asset Finance’s Transport team strengthens presence in South Wales

Feb 01, 2024: Close Brothers Asset Finance’s Transport team has appointed Ian Wright to the role of Area Sales Manager to drive the team’s growth plans in South Wales. Ian has spent the past 25 years providing competitive finance lease and hire purchase solutio...