This week's London appointments

Lee Collinson, Barclays

Retail bank Barclays has appointed Lee Collinson as head of manufacturing, transport and logistics for its corporate banking division.

Having been with the bank since 1988, Lee joins his new role from the position of head of large corporate for the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

With over 30 years of lending experience in banking services, Lee will be leading the corporate banking departments medium term loan proposition for companies in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Commenting on his appointment, Lee said: “The UK manufacturing sector is, and always has been, renowned for producing quality goods from all across the UK so for me it’s an exciting opportunity to take the helm of our national specialist manufacturing, transport and logistics industry team as we continue to support and serve our clients.

“I look forward to working with the team as we focus on providing outstanding service and delivering more innovative ways to assist our clients as we work to help them achieve their goals.”

Rob Sellers and Tom Wacher, Kreston Reeves

Accountancy and finance firm Kreston Reeves has announced two promotions to its senior team.

Audit and assurance senior manager Rob Sellers and director of forensic accounting Tom Wacher have both been promoted to partner.

Having joined the firm in 1997, Rob specialises audit and financial reporting and has worked with a range of corporate clients as well as experience with the academy, education, charity and not for profit sectors.

Tom, who focuses on business valuations, fraud investigations and commercial disputes, joined the company in 1999 as a trainee before qualifying in 2002.

Nigel Fright, managing partner at Kreston Reeves, said: “Our congratulations go to Rob and Tom on their promotion to partner. Both trained with the firm and have seen their career grow at Kreston Reeves.

“Rob and Tom continuously make highly valued contributions to the growth of the firm, their areas of expertise and to clients of the firm. Their promotions are very well deserved.”

Andrew Fouli, Together

Specialist lender Together has appointed Andrew Fouli as its corporate relationship director in London.

With over 30 years of banking experience, Andrew joins the firm from Cynergy Bank - formerly Bank of Cyprus UK - where he worked as a banking support manager.

Andrew’s appointment coincides with a range of appointments across the company, with Sonia Mann joining as corporate relationship director for the Midlands and Geoff Walton and Kathy Murphy Hunter joining as support managers.

Together’s head of corporate, Andrew Charnley, commented: “I am delighted to welcome Sonia, Andrew, Geoff and Kathy to the team.

“They bring with them exceptional experience, knowledge, ambition and drive to help us deliver our aspirations to be the number one choice for corporate finance in this market.

“Their appointments clearly signal our intentions to grow the business even more in the near future and to support businesses and their advisers with lending solutions tailored to their needs and delivered in an efficient and timely manner.”

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