Aldermore has appointed Paul Bowden as regional sales manager in its invoice finance team.
He joins the Bristol-based team, which is headed up by regional director David Parsons and includes James Bingham, associate director, Martyn Price, regional sales manager and Mark Leonard, client manager.
Bowden (pictured) joins Aldermore from Bibby Financial Services where he was the company’s top performing business development manager in Bristol for 10 years. Prior to that, he worked for NatWest for 17 years, where he was their top performing business manager in Bristol.
He said: “This is a region I know really well and I’m delighted to be part of a young, dynamic bank that has ambitious plans to build its presence in the area. I’m looking forward to working with local business owners and explaining how Aldermore can help strengthen their finances and ultimately their success.”
Parsons added: “I’m pleased to be able to welcome Paul to Aldermore. His extensive experience both of the region and invoice finance will be a great asset to the business and I’m looking forward to us helping many more businesses succeed in the future.”
Aldermore has lent more than £1bn to small and medium sized businesses since opening its doors for business in the summer of 2009. Aldermore has approximately 12,000 SME customers and has increased its business client base by 52% during the past year, at a time when many other banks have been scaling back their SME lending activities.
