Bibby Financial Services is pleased to announce Blake Kennedy's promotion to Head of Sales, South. In his new role, Kennedy will fulfill sales leadership responsibilities for the South Office while continuing to take on new business and provide small- and medium-sized companies with cash flow solutions.

Kennedy joined the business in 2008 and has worked as a Vice President of Business Development, growing the Southern region's client base. Before joining Bibby Financial Services, Kennedy had a ten-year career with UPS Worldwide's headquarters, where he was consistently recognized as one of the organization's top sales people. He also served as Regional Sales Director at Ftrans, a local business-to-business payment solutions provider.

"During his time with Bibby Financial Services, Blake has shown extensive sales knowledge and leadership," said Leigh Lones, CEO Americas Region. "We are excited to see the positive impact he will have on the region and confident in his ability to grow and develop the sales team."

Bibby Financial Services is a worldwide market leader in business cash flow solutions to small- and medium-sized companies. With offices in ten North American cities and 15 countries around the world, its product portfolio includes accounts receivable finance, recourse and non-recourse factoring, non-notification factoring, export finance, purchase order finance, specialist solutions for the trucking sector, and it is an approved lender for the Export-Import Bank's working capital guaranty program. Bibby Financial Services is a subsidiary of a 207-year-old privately held company based in the United Kingdom.