Daran Harding
Business Development Director
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Daran is our Business Development Director and has spent more than 30 years working in the banking sector across the Midlands and North West.
For the last 25 years, he has worked in Corporate Relationship Banking and Business Development and he is acutely aware of the need for quality professional advisors and ‘true’ business relationships.
Daran’s approach is to build lasting relationships with SME and Corporate Businesses based on the long term aspirations of the business. By drawing on his expertise in banking, he also challenges current arrangements and sources new facilities including grant funding to facilitate future growth.
In his spare time, Daran likes to travel with his family and also plays the piano. He has taken an active role in FINEST, the professional services arm of the North Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, where he took on the role of Chair for a four year period. He is also a governor of a local independent primary school where he has held the role of Chair for five years out of a total tenure of more than 15 years.