Business funding fintech appoints Australian exec

Business finance platform Swoop has appointed leadership to establish and grow its operations in Australia and New Zealand.

Tim Brown, most recently CEO of Ezifin Financial Services, has been appointed as CEO for the organisation's first international expansion.

"I'm excited to be developing a business that has already provided its worth in the UK and Ireland, and I'm certain that Swoop will be invaluable to Australian companies that are looking to raise or save money," said Brown. "I look forward to growing our team with technical and funding specialists."

Swoop launched in the UK and Ireland in 2018 to provide funding across equity, grants, and loans to small and mid-sized businesses.

Brown was the CEO of the mortgage brokering and wealth management organisation Vow Financial until 2016 and previously spent several years as head of sales and distribution mortgages at Macquarie Bank. He was also a GM at Suncorp and was the chair of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia.