Stuart Sinclair is to join the board of Provident Financial plc as an independent non-executive director.

The appointment will take effect from 1 October.

Sinclair has spent over 15 years in the financial services sector. He was formerly president and chief executive officer of GE Financial Services and GE Capital Bank, chief executive officer of Tesco Personal Finance and a director of Aspen Re.

He is currently a director of Prudential Health and Platinum Bank (Kiev).