Simon Engelsman has joined the board of Tiuta Plc as a non-executive director.

Engelsman has been a qualified solicitor for over 27 years and is currently a consultant with the commercial law firm, Butcher Burns, which undertakes property, corporate and litigation work but also various specialist and niche areas of law.

He retired as an equity partner with Butcher Burns in March 2009 after spending 11 years with the firm.

He has been employed part-time by the short-term lender as its legal director for the last two years.

Engelsman is also an associated member of the Institute of Credit Management (MICM) where he participates in its secured lending group.

Steven Nicholas, CEO at Tiuta, said: “Tiuta continues to add to the strength and depth of not just our management team but also our executive board. Simon has had a long association with Tiuta and his wealth of legal knowledge and experience has been vital over the course of the last five years.