Burdale Financial Limited Announces New Appointment

Burdale Financial Limited ('Burdale'), part of the Bank of Ireland Group, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jon Norton as Director, Structured Finance. Jon will be based in Burdale's London office.

Jon was previously Director and Head of Corporates at Commerzbank AG. Prior to that he had responsibility for the Corporate Multinationals Team at Banque Paribas (UK) and spent four years as a Senior Manager with Westpac Banking Corporation (UK). Jon has an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management and a B.Sc (Hons).

Jon's main responsibilities will be to develop and expand Burdale's business footprint and to build relationships with Burdale's target market.

Dennis Levine, Chief Executive, Burdale said: 'We are delighted that Jon is joining our fast growing and dynamic business. Through his considerable experience Jon will bring added strength to our ambitious growth plans for the UK.'

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For further information please contact:

Bank of Ireland / Burdale:
Carol Gregory
Marketing Manager, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking
Ph: 353 1 6044091

Powerscourt:
Victoria Brough / Sorrel Beynon
Ph: +44 (0) 207 236 5615

Notes to Editor:

Burdale Financial Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Ireland, is a leading Comprehensive Asset-based lender operating in the UK, European and US markets. CABL is one of the most advanced form of asset-backed commercial finance and is the most powerful way of leveraging up a company's underlying assets. Burdale has a strong track record of providing innovative and flexible funding structures to support both businesses implementing turnaround and restructuring plans and also transactional funding to support MBO/MBI's, corporate acquisitions, full or partial VC exits and cash-outs. These businesses may be capital-intensive, rapidly expanding, highly leveraged or underperforming

For further information please visitwww.burdale.co.uk