Appointments: Lloyds Bank; Senceca Banking Consutants; Heatons; Electricity North West & more

LLOYDS Bank Commercial has strengthened its senior team in Merseyside, North Wales and West Lancashire with the appointment John Csizmadia as a relationship director.
 
Mr Csizmadia, formerly a relationship director at RBS Liverpool, has responsibility for businesses with turnover above £25m which are located in Merseyside, North Wales and West Lancashire.
 
He has worked in corporate banking in the North West for more than 25 years, and as well as RBS has worked for Barclays.
 
Area director Tim Rigg said: “John is a highly experienced banker and an appointment of his calibre significantly bolsters the level of support and guidance we can provide to our customers across the region.
 
“We’re committed to supporting the growth of mid and large North West businesses – the engine room of the region’s economy – and expanding our team through key appointments like John gives us the firepower we need on the ground to make this happen.”
 

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HAYDOCK-based Seneca Banking Consultants, which is advising businesses on interest rate hedging mis-selling, has appointed Simon Moore as a non-executive director.

Mr Moore has more than 20 years’ experience in quantitative finance, previously working as head of the global derivatives quants team for Baring Securities (later to become ING Barings) in London and New York, and internationally for Commerzbank AG.

At Seneca he will focus on developing the firm’s ability to calculate accurately the profits made by banks on particular products they have sold and the losses incurred by businesses.

Tim Murphy, director of Seneca Banking Consultants said: “In addition to Simon, who is one of the leading figures in his field, we are currently in the process of recruiting additional legal expertise to support Dan Fallows and specialists from within the mainstream banks who are currently dealing with these claims on behalf of the banks.

“Within a matter of days we believe Seneca will have the strongest service offering in the country in this highly specialised area. We offer a completely differentiated service to those small legal firms that are jumping on this bandwagon believing this is another PPI, when clearly it is far more complex and requires a much broader service offering than knowledge of litigation.”

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WARRINGTON-based Electricity North West, which owns and runs the regional power network, has appointed Helen Sweeney to the new role of business services director.
 
She joins from construction firm NG Bailey where she held the position of group HR director for six years.
 
Electricity North West chief executive Steve Johnson, said: “Although our business is about managing a network of wires and infrastructure, it is our people who drive the company forward and keep the lights on for everyone in the region.”

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CORPORATE law firm Heatons has appointed Andrew Langton as head of debt recovery.

Mr Langton, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the debt recovery market, joins Manchester firm Heatons from Drydensfairfax Solicitors in Leeds.

Matt Fleetwood, managing partner at Heatons said:”This is a natural appointment to strengthen a growing area of the firm. In a business environment where everyone is chasing debts, Andrew operates a slick, cost effective service for clients and relieves the burden of chasing payment.”

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CEL Procurement, the Warrington-based purchasing specialist, has appointed Andrew Carlin as its commercial director.

CEL Procurement provides framework agreements and procurement consultancy services to more than 850 organisations in the UK social housing and independent healthcare sectors, managing over £150 million of spend every year.

In his new role as commercial director, Andrew Carlin will be responsible for building the company’s presence in new markets such as public sector health and social care and higher education.

He was previously an executive director for the Northern Housing Consortium.