ALLIED Credit has made two new senior appointments with David Bleakley joining as group treasurer and Andrew Robinson as deputy group treasurer, head of funding.

Mr Bleakley is an experienced global capital markets and seasoned treasury executive.

Allied said that throughout his career, Mr Bleakley has held various senior roles in financial services firms where he has managed multi-billion-dollar funding and capital strategies, driven business development and led initiatives to strengthen risk management frameworks.

David Bleakley

He was previously senior director at Vixory Capital, senior treasury consultant at Angle Auto Finance and deputy chief lending officer for La Trobe Financial.

Allied said Mr Robinson has deep expertise in securitisations and funding strategy capabilities.

He commenced his career in the legal industry and was for 10 years with the National Australia Bank, most recently as senior legal counsel.

He was also deputy treasurer for the Humm Group and head of funding at Latitude Financial Services.

Andrew Robinson

His career focus has been on banking and finance transactions before moving in-house in banking.

In welcoming David and Andrew, Allied Credit’s CFO, Matt Devine, said: “Allied has a strong track record as one of Australia’s fastest-growing consumer and commercial finance businesses and a strong presence in the funding markets.”

“With our continual scale-up journey, David and Andrew’s combined expertise in treasury, particularly funding and capital strategies, and in driving revenue growth, will greatly support our plans.”