Balancingriskwith  collections


Atradius has appointed Mike Thomas as head of risk services for UK & Ireland. Mr Thomas has nearly two decades of experience within Atradius, joining in 1999. He said: “Atradius’ USP is the value


brought by its outstanding people. My key focus is to continue to develop our people to continue to deliver the exceptional service that has become synonymous with our name. As a business, we cannot stand still, but we must also ensure that our best-in-class knowledge, expertise, and service ethic is retained, and our people both flourish and excel.”


Mike Thomas


Aberdein Considine has agreed a deal which will allow it to offer legal services across the entire United Kingdom for the first time. The Scottish-headquartered partnership has announced a long- term collaboration with Northern Ireland’s Wilson Nesbitt. The agreement follows the firm’s acquisition of Newcastle-based Wallers Solicitors last year. Rob Aberdein, UK partner in charge of lender services, said:


RestonsSolicitorsLimitedassistsanumberof marketleadersintheDebtPurchase,Finance and Utility sectors with both secured and unsecuredcollections.


Our fundamental understanding of commercial, reputational and compliance issues, together with a focused, proprietary interest in our clientsÕ receivables means that we continue to excel in terms of client satisfaction, recoveries and complaintavoidance.


To Þnd outmore about how our expertise can help you, contact Nigel Coe on 01925661602ornpc@restons.co.ukorgoto www.restons.co.uk


“We are delighted to be partnering with Wilson Nesbitt, which is a leading litigation practise and specialist in recoveries in Northern Ireland. We already act for some of the UK’s biggest lenders in Scotland – and this deal brings our customer, compliance and regulatory-focused debt and asset recovery, and conveyancing services into the entire UK legal market for the first time.”


FICO was named as a leader in the March 2017 report, The Forrester Wave™: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Solutions, Q1 2017. The report explains: “FICO’s Decision Management Suite encompasses the end-to-end capabilities needed to create, deploy and monitor models for use in complex, consequential enterprise decisions.” Forrester also noted, FICO’s “software division is strong, with an impressive customer base across multiple industries”.


Craig White has been appointed UK chief operating officer at GFKL Lowell. He took up his new role on 3 April and replaces Andrew Bartle, who is leaving to develop new ventures. He will lead the UK Operations team. With a career in the financial sector that spans over 30-years, Mr


White joins GFKL Lowell from Domestic and General where he held the position of UK customer and sales director. He previously held senior roles with Capita, Barclays Bank and GE Money.


The Credit Services Association (CSA) has been included in the new register of apprenticeship training providers, aimed at improving the quality of apprenticeship delivery. The CSA said that it was already well progressed with its plans to


deliver apprenticeships to its members and other companies who are interested in the areas specialising in debt collection, compliance and leadership, and management.


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