# Ultimate Finance names Josh Levy as new CEO Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2019-02-13 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Josh Levy Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Ultimate Meta Description: Josh Levy takes the reins as the new CEO of Ultimate Finance, continuing the company's growth and commitment to supporting UK SMEs. URL: https://financedigest.com/ultimate-finance-names-josh-levy-new-ceohtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/ultimate-1736839167551-compressed.jpg) Josh Levy has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Ultimate Finance. He succeeds Ron Robson who has served as CEO since 2015. Josh, a serving Board Member of Ultimate Finance, has been working alongside Ron and the leadership team over the last year on the strategy for the growing business and now takes on its day-to-day leadership. ![Josh Levy](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/josh-450x675-1736839167621-compressed.jpg) Josh Levy Beginning his career in the [Investment](https://www.financedigest.com/investment-banks-trading-revenue-likely-to-shrink-barclays-boss-says.html "Investment banks’ trading revenue likely to shrink, Barclays boss says") Banking Division of Investec Bank, Josh has worked at Tavistock Group since 2016 and is on the board at Mitchells & Butlers. He holds an MSc and a BA (Hons) from the University of Nottingham. Josh says: “It is a privilege to succeed Ron and to now drive the delivery of the Ultimate [Finance strategy](https://www.financedigest.com/personal-finance-strategies-for-saving-and-investing.html "Personal finance: strategies for saving and investing"). The continued progress of the [business is a testament to Ron’s leadership and the wider company](https://www.financedigest.com/impact-com-appoints-a-raft-of-new-business-development-representatives-as-the-technology-companys-client-roster-grows-by-more-than-50.html "impact.com appoints a raft of new Business Development Representatives as the technology company’s client roster grows by more than 50%"). I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with Ron and the [Executive team](https://www.financedigest.com/adnami-strengthens-executive-team-with-jorgen-gosvig-appointed-as-cfo.html "Adnami strengthens executive team with Jørgen Gosvig appointed as CFO") over the last year. The strategy and priorities remain the same. I am focused on us continuing to provide good funding and supporting our [customers navigate](https://www.financedigest.com/how-to-navigate-a-seamless-journey-from-cio-to-chief-customer-officer.html "How to navigate a seamless journey from CIO to Chief Customer Officer") the challenges they face.” Ron Robson says, “I am delighted for Josh as he [replaces me as CEO](https://www.financedigest.com/a-network-of-networks-will-ceos-be-replaced-by-ai-in-the-next-10-years.html "A Network of Networks: Will CEOs be Replaced by AI in the Next 10 Years?"). We have worked closely together in the last year, and we’ve had a [record year](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-inflation-hits-40-year-record-highest-in-g7.html "UK inflation hits 40-year record, highest in G7"), growing our loan book and providing more than £1.4bn to UK SMEs in 2018. While I am concluding my tenure, at Ultimate Finance, I am pleased to be staying within the Tavistock Group. After 10 years at Tavistock, the last four as CEO of Ultimate, I will be focussing on my other responsibilities within the group. Josh is ideally placed to take over as CEO from here on and drive the business to the [next](https://www.financedigest.com/is-ai-taking-quality-and-cost-optimization-of-enterprise-services-to-the-next-level.html "Is AI taking quality and cost optimization of enterprise services to the next level?") level.” --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---