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Jack Coombs promoted to chief operating officer at S&U PLC
S
&U PLC has promoted Jack
Coombs to chief operating
officer. Coombs, who coounded Aspen Bridging in
founded
2017,, will take on wider operational
responsibilities across the
hile continuing to play
group while
on role in Aspen’s
a hands-on
ctivity.
trading activity.
oombs said: “This promotion
Coombs
is a votee of confidence
he Group board,
from the
particularly Anthony
oombs our chairman
Coombs
and Graham Coombs our
hairman, not
deputy chairman,
Pepper Advantage appoints Andy
Golding as first group board chair
P
epper Advantage has
appointed Andy Golding as
its first group board chair,
effective 1st October 2025.
Golding is currently CEO of OSB
Group PLC. His previous roles include
chief executive of Saffron Building
Society and senior positions at
National Westminster Bank,
John Charcol Limited, and
Bradford & Bingley.
Golding said: “I am
delighted to be joining the
board of Pepper Advantage
at such an important time in
ANDY GOLDING
the company’s development.
“I relish the opportunity to help
using my industry knowledge and
experience and look forward to
working with the executive team
and board to further build on the
strong foundations the company has
created.”
Fraser Gemmell, group CEO of
Pepper Advantage, said: “I look
forward to working closely with Andy
to strengthen Pepper Advantage’s
position and spearhead the rollout of
innovative technological solutions,
including our proprietary credit
management platform PRISM.”
just in myself, but also in the important
contribution that Aspen is making.
“Aspen now makes up approximately
a third of Group profit and w
we are
confident that, alongside A
Advantage
Finance, both businesses will
gro in a
continue to improve and grow
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sustainable and responsible way."
He added: “I am very ex
excited
about the future prospects ffor
Aspen and loo
look forward
dri that
to helping drive
alongside E
Ed Ahrens,
CE and
Aspen’s CEO,
t senior
the rest of the
management tteam.”
JACK COOMBS
Gen H appoints Sara Palmer
as sales and distribution
G
en H has appointed Sara
Palmer as sales and
distribution director.
Reporting to chief
commercial officer Pete Dockar, Palmer
has joined Gen H’s management team
and executive commiee. She was most
recently sales and distribution director
at Shawbrook Retail Mortgages.
Palmer said: “I am extremely excited
to begin this new chapter with Gen H
and its fantastic team.
“I am joining a lender whose
innovation is genuinely driven
by its clear passion for unlocking
homeownership for more borrowers.
“Intermediaries play such a key
role in distributing forward-thinking
products like Gen H’s,
SARA PALMER
and I am very muc
much
forw
looking forward
to
building strong
wit
relationships with
t
our panel in the
mont
coming months
years.
and years.”
LHV Bank strengthens
SME lending team with
three senior promotions
(FROM L TO R) SUE GIBNEY, KEVIN GLOVER, RYAN LUNN
L
HV Bank has announced
three internal
promotions within
its SME lending and
operations teams. Kevin Glover
has been appointed to the new
role of head of SME product,
risk and financial crime. He
now assumes a strategic position
focused on product development,
risk oversight and financial crime
prevention.
Ryan Lunn has been promoted
to head of lending operations aer
joining LHV in early 2024 as senior
lending operations manager.In
his new position, he will lead the
operations team.
In Manchester, Sue Gibney
has been promoted to lending
manager, team leader. Having
been with the bank for over three
years, she will lead a team of
lending managers.
Conor McDermo, director of
SME lending at LHV Bank, said:
“Kevin, Ryan and Sue have each
played a pivotal role in shaping
how we work with brokers.
"These aren’t just promotions.
They’re a natural step forward for
people who’ve already shown they
understand what brokers need:
speed, clarity, and solutions that
work in the real world.”
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