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Guildford, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Castle Trust is an established financial services firm, backed by leading international investor J.C. Flowers, that has brought innovative investment and loan products to the UK marketplace. Appointed in May 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, main responsibilities are oversight of the Operations which includes Mortgages, point of sale consumer lending and.

London, United Kingdom

Appointed COO to establish the operational structure for a separate Mortgage Lending division within Legal & General. Ensured that the central services of IT & HR were fully utilised & the division was fully integrated within L& G. The delivery had to be regulatory compliant with the mortgage asset of the correct quality to maximize profit for the annuity.

Farnborough

Portillion was established to meet the (post financial crisis) needs for mortgage finance in the UK. An experienced consortium was brought together to form the company based on a licensed deposit bank model. The appointed Chairman being the Ex Director General of the FSA.£75m of working capital was raised to fund the venture through Rothschild’s family.

Bracknell

Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation which launched into the UK Mortgage Market in 1998. By 2006 it had grown to the 10th largest mortgage lender in the UK lending £12bn.The workforce grew to 1200 over 3 sites. The company won numerous Industry awards during this period for service & innovation. Main board member in the UK & member of Risk & Audit.

Bracknell

Responsible for a rebranding exercise to repositioned GMAC-RFC in the lending marketplace.Headed up a team to complete the strategic purchase of a number of companies in the UK, to increase distribution channels.Part of team that researched buying business in India and helped to set up Australian business.Restructured the Marketing department integrating.

Bracknell

Joined as Operations Director following the acquisition of PLMS. Initial remit to review systems/processes to support planned growth & develop a fit for purpose mortgage administration & staff compliment.

Bracknell

PLMS was the largest independently owned UK mortgage packager when it was purchased by GMAC-RFC in 1999, to enable acceleration of their UK operation.Head hunted to set up & manage the mortgage processing centre for an established packager, which included premises identification, IT system design & specification, staff recruitment & implementation of.

Fleet

Held roles from underwriter to managing the project that transitioned MSL to part of Homeloan Management Limited

Thames Valley

Management Trainee 1983 – 1987