Ken McKeating joins Premier Asset Finance as managing director

Premier Asset Finance has appointed Ken McKeating, former sales director for SME lending at Paragon Bank, as its new managing director.

Ken has had an extensive career in asset finance, holding senior roles such as director at Bank of Scotland and joint managing director of Dash Commercial Finance from 2010 to 2017. He then joined Paragon Bank in October 2017 spending the last three years as sales director for the SME Lending division.

Premier Asset Finance was co-founded by Kevin Davidson in 2008 after working for over 20 years at the Bank of Scotland. It was acquired by Paragon Bank in 2016 and currently has more than £1 billion in funding arranged over 15,000 agreements.

Kevin has now retired after 40 years in the industry.

Ken McKeating said: “I am delighted to be joining Premier Asset Finance and building on the good work of Kevin and the team. I’m very much looking forward to being part of Premier's future and working with the team to further develop the huge potential of the business."