UK SME lender Aldermore has recruited a team
of construction equipment finance experts to strengthen its asset
finance division, as well as an associate director of sales to its
invoice finance team. Based in Reading, the division has already
provided more than £8m of funding to SME users of contractors plant
and construction equipment throughout the country.
Paul Rooney has been appointed as new head of
construction. 
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Together with his team, Rooney will provide
advice about the sale and purchase of construction equipment such
as excavators, trucks and cranes, said a press statement.
Rooney joins Aldermore from Caterpillar
Financial Services, where he developed and managed accounts within
the construction industry.
He started his career with Lloyds TSB in 1998,
before moving to Julian Hodge Bank as commercial relationship
manager and later worked for Case New Holland as regional territory
manager.
Aldermore also appointed business development
managers Hillary Carberry, who will focus on Scotland, and Mike
Kilford, who will focus on the South and East of England.
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By GlobalDataThe construction team’s senior internal sales
support and internal sales support, Jackie Bridge and Scott Early,
both join Aldermore from Barclays.
Aldermore’s Maidstone-based invoice finance
team will be joined by Mark Dickson, who will help to expand the
bank’s London businesses and manage relationships with existing
invoice finance customers.
Before joining Aldermore, Dickson worked for
Bibby Financial Services.
Aldermore opened in July 2009 and last week
reported it has broken even, with assets to the value of £1bn.
