YORKSHIRE Bank has announced a new leadership team for its eastern region, which covers Kirklees.

Alan Young has been appointed regional director for the region. Mr Young has been with Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank for 37 years, most recently in New Zealand.

He will lead a team responsible for Yorkshire Bank’s Business and Private Banking Centres in Newcastle, Stockton, York, Hull, Bradford, Doncaster, Sheffield and Lincoln, as well as the regional hub in Leeds – all with access to Yorkshire Bank’s £1bn Business Expansion Fund.

David Maybury has been appointed as head of the regional hub at the Business and Private Banking Centre in Leeds with Darren Owers becoming head of commercial and small business banking for businesses with an annual turnover up to £25m; Dan Rosinke, head of corporate banking for businesses with an annual turnover of more than £25m; Cath Worsley, head of private banking; and Paul Grace, head of business development.