Paradigm Group has appointed Noel Stubley to the newly-created position of group finance director.

He joins the IFA and mortgage partnership proposition from Lloyds Bank where he was a director in the corporate markets and acquisition finance team, working on funding structures for acquisitions, buyouts and refinances.

Stubley has also worked at both KPMG and Ernst & Young supporting a wide range of organisations on acquisitions and due diligence exercises.

As part of the senior management team at Paradigm, Stubley will work closely with Paul Hogarth and Anthony Morrow across the Group’s existing stable of companies and interests which includes Paradigm Partners, Paradigm Pensions, Paradigm Mortgage Services and the recently launched corporate wrap platform business, Amber.

Paul Hogarth, Paradigm Group founder and senior partner, said: “Noel is no stranger to the team at Paradigm having worked closely with us on a number of occasions over the years.