Aldermore has made several new appointments to its business finance risk management function.

Jerry Barrie has been appointed as head of asset management, assuming responsibility for the monitoring and evaluation of the bank’s asset finance portfolio and collateral.

Prior to joining Aldermore, Barrie worked in asset management at CIT Vendor Finance, a commercial and business finance provider. In his 26 year career, he has also worked in asset management roles at Barclays Asset Finance and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

The business finance risk management team has additionally expanded with the appointment of Paul Buckland to the position of head of in life credit; David Fabia as the head of flow credit, assuming responsibility for the proposal management, know your customer and flow credit underwriting teams; and Eamon Foley as interim head of analytics and policy.

The business finance risk team now comprises over 100 people and is led by Owen Francis, risk director, business finance, who said: “We are strengthening our risk team to support the positive and continuous growth of Aldermore’s business finance offering and welcome Jerry, Paul, David and Eamon to the team.

“The wealth of experience that the quartet brings to the bank will help us to continue to manage the division’s risk appetite in a prudent and transparent way, while giving us the flexibility to react quickly to the financial needs of our growing SME customer base.”