Sean Hughes named head of compliance at Time Finance

Time Finance has appointed Sean Hughes as head of compliance, with a remit to strengthen the firm’s position as a reputable and trusted lender to UK SMEs and support their strategic, growth-orientated goals. Hughes brings over 10 years’ experience to the role having built a career within the financial services sector, including an earlier period with the lender.

During his time at firms including Thistle Initiatives Group, BNY Mellon, Atlanta Group and Time Finance Hughes played a hands-on role in monitoring compliance policies and processes, recommending areas for improvement, and providing advisory services. In his new position at Time Finance Hughes will lead the compliance function and ensure the firm continues to excel in meeting its regulatory obligations.

Hughes said: “I’m delighted to be re-joining Time Finance and stepping up to this new position. The firm already has an excellent reputation for delivering services built on transparency, integrity, and trust. I’m looking forward to building on that further and helping Time Finance to achieve its longer-term commercial goals whilst also ensuring our customers are at the heart of those decisions. They have a genuine commitment to delivering solutions to UK businesses to inspire confidence and growth, and that’s great to be a part of.”

Ed Rimmer, CEO of Time Finance, commented: ” Ensuring that our business continues to conduct itself in a way which matches our values of being highly commercial, easy to deal with and having a common-sense approach to doing business is key. Sean will play an important role in monitoring existing initiatives and seeking improvements so that we maintain our title of a credible and trusted funding partner.”