Pictured above: Anthony Melvin

Aldermore Invoice Finance, part of Aldermore, the new British bank, has strengthened its team in the Midlands with the appointment of Anthony Melvin as regional sales manager. Anthony will spearhead the expansion of Aldermore Invoice Finance in the East Midlands and service the funding needs of SMEs across the region.

Anthony joins Aldermore Invoice Finance following three years at Barclays Corporate in Leicester, advising on lending transactions, and four years in the asset finance and leasing market at GE Finance as national sales manager. His role at Aldermore will be to take the range of factoring and invoice finance services to a large number of businesses operating in hubs such as Derby, Nottingham and Leicester, and across each of the counties.

Anthony said: "It is great to be on board with the Aldermore Invoice Finance team. As a result of tighter lending by the high street banks, more and more companies are turning to alternative methods of funding, such as invoice finance and factoring services. Aldermore is in a great position to support businesses across the East Midlands, and I will be looking to help as many as possible with our broad product offering."

Tony Smedley, regional managing director for Aldermore Invoice Finance in the Midlands, said: "We are delighted with this appointment. Anthony brings extensive experience of lending transactions and the asset finance markets, and is no stranger to the East Midlands. His appointment will allow us to better serve the interests of SMEs based in the important business centres of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby, as well as increasing the coverage of Aldermore across the Midlands region as a whole."