Platform expands team

Working within the company's Risk & Compliance Department and reporting directly into Alexia Antoniou, Platform’s director of risk & compliance, Piero is tasked with managing the Credit Risk team responsible for supporting the business strategy and ensuring Platform’s risk appetite is reflected in business activities.

Piero worked at Platform for two years within the Credit Scoring team both as a credit scoring manager and as a senior credit analyst before taking a one year sabbatical to travel the world and work on a number of charity initiatives. Prior to Platform, he worked for a number of years at leading credit card issuer Capital One UK as a business analyst specialising in risk management and scorecard development.

Commenting on the appointment, Alexia Antoniou, Platform’s director of risk & compliance said: “We are delighted to welcome Piero back to the Credit Risk team.

"Current market conditions have underlined the ongoing importance of a prudent and sensible approach to credit practice and we are therefore pleased to be able to bolster our team with this appointment. Piero brings with him a wealth of specialist knowledge to this key role and I look forward to working with him over the coming months to strengthen our proposition further.”