City-based asset finance and leasing specialist Norton Folgate has rebranded as Amicus Asset Finance and appointed Jeremy Guilfoyle as chief operating officer.
The business, which has brokered more than £500m of asset finance and business loan facilities numbering over 10,000 individual transactions, has operated as Norton Folgate for 30 years.
Guilfoyle has been appointed from Paragon Bank Business Finance, where he has held various senior management positions over 16 years.
A qualified lawyer, Guilfoyle joins the team at Amicus Asset Finance with a remit to drive structural transformation and innovation, including technical support, credit, payouts, collections, asset management and legal.
In his role as chief operating officer he will be responsible for building robust systems to manage risk and optimise service to Amicus customers.
Amicus recently opened an office in Manchester as the business expands its geographic reach and seeks to target opportunities in both the north and south of the country. The new Manchester office provides a hub for the Amicus SME lending, working capital solutions and short-term property offering through its three divisions, Amicus Asset Finance, Amicus Commercial Finance and Amicus Property Finance.
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