Nigel Clibbens has joined The Car Finance Company as its chief financial officer.

Clibbens joins having spent over 20 years working with Lombard (RBS Group), where he was latterly the chief operating officer.

He is currently the chairman of the Finance and Leasing Association.

He said: “This is a great opportunity to join an ambitous company that has been founded on core principles of fairness, trust and transparency. TCFC demonstates that understanding customer needs and putting them at the heart of the business strategy is a key factor in success. This mantra is exactly how the regulator expects financial institutions to operate and I look forward to the challenges ahead”.

Mark Smith, managing director and founder said “We are truly delighted Nigel has accepted a position with us. Attracting an industry figure of Nigel’s esteem is clearly a big deal for us. It is a testemant to the hard work of everyone and demonstrates that sticking to core customer centric values attracts the very best.”