"Ian and Clare will be crucial to our sustained growth as we look to strengthen our ties and expand our reach with brokers"
Ian Smith has joined Arkle from Shawbrook Bank where he was a broker manager in the bank’s asset finance division. Prior to that, he worked at Barclays in a number of roles within the high street bank’s asset finance division.
Clare Peel joins from Hampshire Trust Bank where she was a BDM, and prior to that worked as a relationship manager at Shawbrook.
The Northamptonshire-based lender provides specialist asset finance across a range of business, consumer and education sectors.
Brian Jerome, associate director at Arkle Finance, commented: “We are delighted with our performance during the first six months of 2019, as the business goes from strength to strength.
“Our people are the driving force behind our success in the asset finance sector, and we are bolstering our team further with the appointment of two highly experienced broker managers.
“Both Ian and Clare will be crucial to our sustained growth as we look to strengthen our ties and expand our reach with brokers working in the asset finance space.
“We continue to strengthen our service offering in tandem with our expertise and ambition and we remain committed to providing an expanding range of asset finance solutions to our brokers for their clients, delivering the equipment finance they need - whether as a business or as a private individual.”