Reward Funding has made three key managerial appointments across client relationships and business development.

The alternative finance provider welcomes Gemma Carson and Gareth Boardman as relationship managers, along with Sarah Gaskin as business development manager. All will be based at the company’s Manchester city centre office.

Carson brings a wealth of commercial finance experience, having worked in client relationship and underwriting roles at Assetz Capital and SDKA. Her primary focus will be on supporting new clients in meeting their ongoing funding requirements.

Boardman joins from Lloyds Banking Group, bringing 20 years of experience in commercial and private banking, including the past nine years as a commercial banking relationship manager. He will also support clients across the North West and contribute to Reward’s expanding client portfolio.

In her role in business development, Gaskin will help to bolster Reward’s sales presence in the region. She will play a key role in strengthening the lender’s network of commercial finance brokers and other intermediaries across the North West, whilst assisting businesses in funding their expansion plans, pursuing innovation and seizing new market opportunities.

Commenting on the new hires, Reward regional managing director Steve Noble said: “We’ve experienced rapid growth in the region over the last 12 months and this is reflected in both these latest hires and the level of talent and expertise we can attract to the business.”