MarketInvoice boosts regional presence with new hire
MARKETINVOICE has hired ex-banker Adrian Payne (pictured) to boost its regional presence as head of sales for Midlands and the South West.
The peer-to-peer invoice finance and business loans platform says the appointment comes in response to increased demand from companies in those areas.
It says it has already provided over £74m in funding in the Midlands and South West regions to date this year, compared with £67m in the whole of 2017.
“MarketInvoice is growing at a phenomenal rate and I am thrilled to be joining the team at such an exciting time,” said Adrian Payne, head of the Midlands and South West, MarketInvoice.
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“Businesses in the Midlands and South West are agile and forward-looking companies, the MarketInvoice proposition will be a great fit.”
Payne will establish a team to complement MarketInvoice’s Manchester office and long-standing partnerships with local authorities in Leeds and Oxfordshire.
He began his career in finance at Barclays Bank as a business banking manger in 2010.
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Payne has since led regional teams in the Midlands and South West at Bibby Financial Services, Aldermore Bank and most recently at Ultimate Finance Group.
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