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20 November 2007


Coface increases presence in the Republic of Ireland with strategic appointments


Coface, a leading provider of credit solutions for business, has strengthened its presence in the Republic of Ireland with the appointment of a sales director and an operations manager. This follows significant growth for Coface in the Irish market over the past two years, with the amount of turnover they now credit insure exceeding 10 billion euros.


Bob Frewen

Bob Frewen has been appointed Sales Director for the Republic of Ireland. Bob has been with Coface for 16 years accumulating extensive credit management experience at home and overseas. Bob will be responsible for developing Coface’s existing services – credit insurance, business information and collections management – and their recently launched receivables finance offer.


Ken McGrath has been appointed Operations Manager, responsible for the launch of receivables finance and the

Ken McGrath

ongoing servicing of clients. Ken has amassed 15 years operational, credit and risk management experience within the finance industry.


Russell Warner, Sales Director of Coface in the UK and Ireland, commented: “These are key appointments in our plans to build on our existing presence in Ireland. We can now offer companies there a fully integrated credit management solution to help them trade securely on credit terms with finance at home and overseas. Furthermore the appointments will give added support to our business partners in Ireland with whom we want to continue to share our success when meeting clients’ needs.