On the move: the latest East Midlands hires

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has made three senior appointments to boost its support for mid market businesses across the Midlands region.

James Meakin has been appointed head of asset based Lending in the Mid Markets Global Transaction Banking team. He will lead ten business development directors and client managers to deliver working capital and asset-based lending solutions to local businesses such as Sertec. Meakin has been at Lloyds Banking Group for 10 years and moves from a previous role within the Mid Markets Chief Operating Office.

David Rooney has joined the team as director of structuring and syndication asset based lending, moving from a similar role at Royal Bank of Scotland. He takes responsibility for structuring, negotiating and executing new asset based lending facilities, as well amending existing facilities.

Sinead Johnson has been hired as business development director from Royal Bank of Scotland and previously Barclays. She will support mid market businesses with their future growth through the provision of working capital and asset-based lending solutions.

Paul King

Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm, McCann, has appointed a new Fleet and Plant Manager, Paul King.

King will be based at McCann’s head office in Chilwell, Nottingham.

He said: “For me, I am living the dream to be working for McCann within this role. I have a real passion and love for fleet management. It is great to be working for a company that invests heavily and wisely in its fleet and its people – and I look forward to what the future holds with McCann”.

John McCann, managing director of McCann, said: “It is clear to see that Paul brings a lot to the table and he can certainly help us to grow, maintain and develop our fleet of vehicles and plant moving forward”.