Mark will join the specialist lender on 1^st October 2018, where he will also be taking up the role of head of legal.

During his career, Mark has held various pan-European CFO roles at Opel Vauxhall Finance and has spent the last 16 years in the asset finance sector.

Mark’s appointment follows Henry Howard’s half year figures, which showed that income from asset-based lending activities was up 30% year-on-year, while its own book lending grew by 50%.

“Henry Howard Finance is at an extremely exciting point of its evolution; growing originations significantly since commencing funded business, developing its highly successful broker model and building out operational capability to continue to deliver best-in-class service to its customers,” said Mark.

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“I am very proud to be joining Mark [Catton] and the team and I look forward to helping drive the future success of the business.”

Tweed will be replacing current CFO, Mark Burn, who will be leaving Henry Howard Finance to take up a role closer to his family home.

“We are extremely grateful to Mark [Burn] for all he has achieved during his four years with the company, and he leaves with our thanks and very best wishes for the future,” said Mark Catton, CEO at Henry Howard Finance.

Speaking of the new appointment, Catton said it was a real coup for the business.

“Mark [Tweed] is an outstanding talent and brings a wealth of experience and fantastic reputation in the sector, and locally.

“We continue to strengthen our team, having added over a dozen new key appointments over the past six months or so, as we invest in our platform and position ourselves as a leading funder to SMEs.”