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Ex-Barclays director takes the helm at Lombard

Ex-Barclays director takes the helm at Lombard Paul Lynam has stepped down as head of asset finance at Lombard after three years in the post Lynam, who has been appointed chief executive of the UK business banking division of RBS, recently centralised most of Lombards sales staff

HBOS small ticket leasing arm face job cuts amidst restucturing

HBOS small ticket leasing arm face job cuts amidst restucturing Staff at the small ticket asset finance arm of HBOS face losing their jobs amidst a restructuring agenda – announced exclusively to Leasing Life today – that will see this division folded into the banks general commercial team

New commercial vehicle director at Lex

New commercial vehicle director at Lex Lex, the vehicle leasing company, has announced that Mark Lovett as its new commercial vehicle director. Lovett will be responsible for growing Lexs 37,000 units strong commercial vehicle business throughout the UK, developing the companys sales and marketing strategy.

Philips Medical consolidates

Philips Medical consolidates Philips Medical, a medical device company that specialises in manufacturing, financing and marketing healthcare equipment, has created a single global sales and service organization to ensure alignment with its customers and markets. The company, which is a part of Royal Philips Electronics, produces technologies such as x-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography and nuclear medicine As well as offering financial services such as leasing, Philips Medical also provides business consultancy, and training and educational services

Asset sales

Leasing Life, in collaboration with Tallon & Associates, publishes a monthly analysis of data on the demand for used assets

King Sturge makes record growth for 2008

King Sturge Plant & Machinery, part of the King Sturge international property consultancy, announced a volume of £17m in machinery sales for year-end April 2008, up 35 per cent on the previous financial year

Cardif makes new appointment

Cardif Pinnacle, part of the worldwide BNP Paribas Assurance Group has appointed a new chief operating officer, Bob Silverman. Silverman, who previously had senior interim management positions with Applegate, Manpower and Lloyds of London, will be responsible for Cardif Pinnacles information technology, administration and project management functions Prior to his current role, Silverman was also CIO at Spring plc, IT director with Hays plc and a director of strategy, systems implementation and consulting group known as Management Solutions at Deloitte & Touche

New head of asset finance at Barclays

A senior member of the Barclays Asset & Sales Finance (BA&SF) part of the Iveco Finance management team has accepted a considerable promotion within the UK bank. David Nield, the former deputy chief executive of Iveco Finance, has been promoted to head up the asset finance arm of BA&SF, and to be part of the Exec team reporting direct to Ian Stuart, managing director of BA&SF.

Frontline’s DealTrack product now installed in 30 lease brokerages

From a standing start five years ago, Frontline Solutions UK, headed by managing director Andy Shuter, has implemented its principal product, DealTrak Broker, into around 30 brokers

Car leasing market in Latvia corrects itself

Latvias car leasing market has regained its balanced long-term growth, according to Nordea Finance Latvia Leasing