Steve Halls (pictured above) has over 20 years of experience in providing finance to small- and medium-sized enterprises and joins from Santander, where he had been director for asset-based lending since 2014.

He also served at RBS for over 12 years in a range of business development roles in invoice finance and commercial banking.

Steve will be responsible for managing Aldermore’s invoice finance relationships in Anglia and Essex and will report to Stuart Baty, head of business development – south, invoice finance.

Steve said: “Aldermore is a fast-growing business that has made significant inroads into the UK business finance market in recent years.

•   Aldermore appoints two new directors
•   Aldermore names interim mortgages head
•   Aldermore supports food wholesaler with £500,000 facility

“I’m looking forward to playing a part in the division’s continued growth, helping businesses across Anglia and Essex to access the vital funding they need to thrive.”

Stuart added: “I’m delighted to have Steve on board.

“It’s a great time to be joining Aldermore and his business finance experience built up over a career spanning more than 20 years ideally places him to take our business development offering forward.

“Over the past few months we have significantly bolstered our representation in the south.

“We now have in place an extremely experienced and well-networked team which is focused on providing flexible funding solutions to the growing small- and medium-sized businesses that play a vital part in driving the regional economy.”