Time Finance PLC Directorate Changes (7609P)
February 19 2021 - 6:04AM
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RNS Number : 7609P
Time Finance PLC
19 February 2021
19 February 2021
Time Finance plc
("Time Finance", the "Group" or the "Company")
Directorate Changes
Time Finance plc, the AIM listed independent specialist finance
provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward Rimmer
as Interim Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company
with immediate effect.
The Company announced on 6 January 2021 that Ian Smith was to
step down from the role of CEO of the Group and it is anticipated
that Ian will leave the Company and step down as a director of Time
Finance not later than 26 February 2021. Ian will work until that
date with Ed to complete an orderly handover of duties and
regulatory responsibilities.
Ed has worked within commercial finance for over 20 years and
was previously Time Finance's Chief Operating Officer until April
2020 having joined the Group in 2017 as Managing Director of the
newly established Commercial Finance Division comprising the
acquired businesses of Gener8 Finance and Positive Cashflow
Finance.
Prior to joining the Group, Ed was previously UK CEO and main
board director of Bibby Financial Services Limited from 2007 to
2012, having joined the Bibby Financial Services Group in 1995 as a
graduate trainee.
Ed's appointment as a director of certain of the Company's
subsidiaries remains subject to certain regulatory approvals.
John Newman, Non-Executive Chairman of Time Finance,
commented:
"I am pleased that we have secured the services of Ed Rimmer as
Interim CEO of the Group. Ed has extensive experience within the
financial services sector and his specific knowledge of the Group
from his time with us as Group COO will enable him to take up the
CEO responsibilities quickly and effectively.
On behalf of the Board I wish to record our sincere thanks and
appreciation for the leadership and guidance that Ian Smith has
given to the Group as CEO and he leaves with our best wishes for
the future."
For further information, please contact:
Time Finance plc
Ed Rimmer, Interim Chief Executive Officer 01225 474 230
James Roberts, Chief Financial Officer 01225 474 230
Cenkos (NOMAD)
Max Hartley / Ben Jeynes (NOMAD) 0207 397 8900
Julian Morse (Sales)
Walbrook PR 0207 933 8780
Paul Vann 07768 807631
I n addition to his appointment to the Time Finance Board,
Edward John Rimmer, aged 48, holds or has held the following
directorships or partnerships in the past five years.
C urrent P revious
- 1pm (UK) Limited
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Academy Leasing Limited
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Bellatrix Ship Management Group
Limited
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Bibby UK Travel
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Bradgate Business Finance Limited
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Car Finance 2u Ltd
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Chilton Williams Limited
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Direct Workforce Limited*
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Intelligent Financing Limited
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Gener8 Finance Limited
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Onepm Commercial Finance Limited
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Positive Cash Flow Finance Limited
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Positive Cashflow Finance (Holdings)
Limited
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Seaways Marine & Offshore Consulting
Pte. Ltd.
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Time Commercial Finance Limited
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Time Finance PLC
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Time Invoice Finance (South)
Limited
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Time Invoice Finance Limited
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Time Vendor Finance Limited
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VGG India Private Limited
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V.Offshore (IOM) Limited
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V.Ships Offshore (Asia) Pte.
Ltd.
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V.Ships (Liverpool) Limited
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*Mr Rimmer resigned as a director of Direct Workforce Limited
("DWL") on 20 December 2016 following the sale of DWL to Prime
Staff Services Limited. A liquidator was appointed in respect of a
creditors' voluntary liquidation of DWL on 16 December 2017, being
a date within 12 months of Mr Rimmer ceasing to be a director of
DWL. In the liquidators' September 2020 final account and report
prior to the dissolution of Direct Workforce Limited it was
confirmed that preferential claims had been paid in full and that
dividends of 2.68 pence in GBP1 had been paid to unsecured DWL
creditors in respect of claims totalling approximately GBP1.79
million.
About Time Finance:
Time Finance's strategy is to focus on providing or arranging
the finance UK SMEs require to fund their businesses and arranging
vehicle and property-backed finance for consumers. The
multi-product range for SMEs includes asset, vehicle, loan and
invoice finance facilities. The Group operates a "hybrid" lending
and broking model enabling it to optimize business levels through
market and economic cycles.
More information is available on the Company website
www.timefinance.com
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