Coface appoints sales director and operations manager.

Coface, a provider of credit solutions for business, has appointed a sales director and an operations manager to its business in the Republic of Ireland.

Bob Frewen has been appointed sales director for the Republic of Ireland. Frewen has been with Coface for 16 years. The company said he will be responsible for developing Coface’s existing services – credit insurance, business information and collections management – and their recently launched receivables finance offer.

Ken McGrath has been appointed operations manager, responsible for the launch of receivables finance and the ongoing servicing of clients. McGrath has 15 years experience in the industry.

Russell Warner, sales director of Coface in the UK and Ireland, commented: “These are key appointments in our plans to build on our existing presence in Ireland. We can now offer companies there a fully integrated credit management solution to help them trade securely on credit terms with finance at home and overseas. Furthermore the appointments will give added support to our business partners in Ireland with whom we want to continue to share our success when meeting clients’ needs.”

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