He will join next month taking over the responsibilities from retiring managing director, Bernard Barwick.
John Webster, chief executive of Swift Group said: “I’d firstly like to pay tribute to Bernard and his outstanding work at Swift Group. He has made a significant and meaningful contribution towards building the business into the success it is today. Unfortunately, as these changes are announced Bernard has found, quite by chance, that he needs major surgery and so his plans for more time in the sun have been delayed. Nevertheless, Bernard has been looking forward to his long-planned retirement and he leaves with the best wishes and thanks of everyone at Swift.
“I’m also delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Ingram who will be taking over control of a number of the crucial operational elements of the business. Nigel joins us from Lehman Brothers where he has been since 2005. He joined Preferred Mortgages as chief operations officer and was subsequently appointed to the Mortgage Capital Division Executive of Lehman looking after operational affairs of Southern Pacific Mortgages and London Mortgage Company, as well as Preferred. Nigel’s previous roles have also included positions with Portman Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland, MasterCard, NatWest and KPMG Consulting.
“Although Bernard will step down from his current role we shall continue to maintain access to his extensive industry knowledge and experience as he will remain on the board of directors in a non-executive position.”
