New business centre leader
ALLIED Irish Bank (GB) has announced the appointment of a new business centre leader for the south Wales region.
James Penman previously worked at Principality Commercial, Bank of Ireland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, and has extensive experience working with commercial and corporate customers across the region over the past 15 years.
In his new role at Allied Irish Bank (GB) he is responsible for the south Wales region, which includes a team of relationship and business development managers focused on hotel, healthcare, manufacturing and professional services sectors, as well as dedicated on-the-ground support staff.
He will report to regional director Mark Medd and will be based in the bank’s Cardiff office.
Mr Penman said: “I am delighted to join the team at Allied Irish Bank (GB) and am looking forward to working with customers to support their business growth aspirations and day-to-day working capital needs.
“I am very focused on working in partnership with business-owners to understand their business and help them through this period of uncertainty that has followed the EU referendum result last year.
“By working together we can tailor the right financial packages and I am looking forward to working across a broad spectrum of customers and sectors.”
Mark Medd, regional director in the south at Allied Irish Bank (GB), added: “The south Wales team have a strong track record of success and pipeline of deal activity and James’ addition to lead the team is sure to enhance this further.
“I would like to extend a warm welcome to James and look forward to leveraging his experience to grow our business across south Wales.”