Chetwood Financial, the digital bank behind the soon-to-launch ModaMortgages, has hired Julian Hynd as chief operating officer. The Wrexham-based lender, founded in 2016, says Hynd will be responsible for implementing the bank’s strategies including working on the launch of its broker-only buy-to-let lender
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She will start on 9 July, replacing outgoing Natalie Ceeney.
Smith is Lloyds’ first chief digital officer, where she has supported building digital capabilities across the insurance industry. She has also worked as a Treasury fintech envoy for Scotland since December 2016, where she supports incumbents and collaborates with start-ups.
Smith will join Innovate Finance’s board as a director on 1 June and from 9 July will take over as chair, replacing Natalie Ceeney CBE, who has been in the role since May 2017.
Ceeney’s career has spanned the public and private sectors, across a range of policy, leadership and regulatory roles. In addition to Innovate Finance, she chairs the independent Access to Cash Review, and is a non-executive director of Anglian Water Services, Ford Credit Europe and Sport England.
Click the thumbs up >Lorna McAtear, fleet manager at National Grid, has received the Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award at an event to mark International Women’s Day.
Now in its third year, the award, which is run in partnership with Fleet News and AM, is named after Barbara Cox, the business pioneer who served as director of Cox Enterprises, Cox Automotive’s parent company in the USA.
It recognises a woman that demonstrates a commitment to innovation, leadership or community, and awards £5,000 for her to spend on her own personal development.
Almost 300 automotive industry people from UK, Europe, Canada, Brazil and the US attended the virtual event on March 8 as part of Cox Automotive’s Women With Drive programme, which aims to promote diversity in the automotive industry.