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IGF hires Paul Edmeades as Head of Underwriting

Thursday, 09 March 2017 IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed Paul Edmeades as the firm’s Head of Underwriting for Asset Based Lending.

Edmeades joins the business from Shawbrook Business Credit, where his role was Business Development Director for over two years. He has also held previous positions at GE Commercial Finance and NMB Heller, and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry in Risk, Portfolio and Commercial roles.

Responsible for building an underwriting team to support the firm’s commercial activities, he will be working closely with IGF’s sales teams to deliver and underwrite deals in order to meet the expectations of customers nationwide. He will be based out of IGF’s Midlands office in Birmingham.

Paul Edmeades, Head of Underwriting, Independent Growth Finance, comments: “I am delighted to join the team at IGF. The firm is very much in a growth phase and I am looking forward to supporting the Commercial team in structuring and delivering deals that meet the needs of our customers.”

John Onslow, CEO, Independent Growth Finance, comments: “Paul’s wealth of experience will be a credit to IGF’s growing team and his knowledge of the intermediary market across the Midlands will be a real benefit to the business. He is already working to build on existing deal processes to ensure we can continue to deliver credible offers in a timely manner.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Independent Growth Finance .