Time Finance has appointed Lauren Maloney as business development manager in its invoice finance team.

Maloney (pictured) joins with over 14 years’ experience working within the financial services sector. She spent the beginning of career working in both relationship-management and portfolio-management positions at NatWest and Santander, before moving into invoice finance business development roles at Bibby Financial Services and Newable.

In her new role at Time Finance, Maloney will be responsible for building and maintaining strong introducer relations in the Yorkshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire regions, helping their clients receive the funding needed to fuel investment and growth.

Maloney said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Time Finance. There’s a definite momentum in the market, with investment high on the agenda and many business owners looking for a funding boost to help them to capitalise on new business opportunities in the new year.

‘I’m really looking forward to introducing Time Finance’s invoice finance solutions to my introducers and their clients as businesses continue to look for supportive funders who can help them work towards their next phase of growth.”

The announcement follows a number of recent appointments and promotions within Time Finance, including Jonathan Johnson as business development manager in their invoice finance team, Jake Bebbington as business development manager in its commercial loan team, and Dan Hindmarsh as broker manager in the asset finance team.

Andy Hume, head of sales (North) at Time Finance, said: “Lauren is a great addition to our team, and we are delighted to have her on board as we continue to expand our presence across the UK.

“As a national sales team, we are committed to delivering valuable and staple finance solutions to businesses who are looking to release additional working capital for innovation and growth. We have ambitious growth objectives to continue enabling UK SMEs to gain easy access to our invoice finance solutions and Lauren’s appointment will help us in achieving this.”