Fluent Money Group has made appointments in the underwriting, sales and finance departments.

Kevin Cresswell joins as underwriting development manager. He was previously a senior manager at Freedom Finance and Compass Finance.

Paul Foster, previously at Gopher Money as a senior manager, joins as senior partnership manager.

Meanwhile, Simon Knapper, who was finance director at TFL Seals Technology Ltd and had also been financial controller at Compass Finance, takes up the role of group financial controller in the finance department reporting to finance director, Mark Kilgallon.

Kevin Hindley, chief executive of Fluent Money, said: “Fluent Money Group is in a strong period of expansion and with a combined workforce of nearly 150, it is vital that the management team has the resources to direct and oversee business activity and the vital role played by all of our staff in those transactions with our customers and suppliers.

“We are fortunate to have been able to recruit Kevin, Simon and Paul at a time when their skills are most needed. Our plans for the future are dependent on the abilities of all of our people and harnessing those talents to their full potential can only happen if we have the right managers able to coax the best from our team.”