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Blackfriars, England, GB

Chelsea Harbour, London, GB

Joined Heylo to launch a specialist shared ownership lender as a strategic expansion of Heylo’s shared ownership investment business. After 16 months we were ready to drive towards launch but the FCA would not accept our macro assumptions of a return to wholesale funding being competitive with retail deposits. We then mothballed the plans and let the team.

Woking, Surrey, GB

After leaving Belmont Green and skiing and travelling for 3 months Covid hit. I decided to fulfil a lifelong dream and did teacher training. Focused on GCSE and A-level Business Studies and Economics.

Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, GB

I was a founder CEO. We delivered lending permissions, built the business, lent £400m in year 1, £800m in year 2 and were on target for £1.2bn in year 3 before we were asked by our equity investors to pull back. The decision was made to apply for a banking licence to mitigate wholesale funding risk. I had no desire to be CEO of a bank and so managed an.

Newport, GB

My role was to monitor Target’s markets to understand market trends and customer requirements to support strategic development and identify new business opportunities. The focus was on early identification of opportunities where customer requirements match Target capabilities such that we were able to add value for our B2B customers.

I was responsible for the mortgage arrears operations at Ulser Bank Ireland. We had 400 people across 2 sites and about 30,000 customers with difficulty paying their mortgages. During the 12 months, cash collections and inbound / outbound activity levels both increased by c30% with the number and value of customers in arrears decreasing by c25%

Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

Following the merger of Britannia and the Co-op Bank I led Platform through a transformation of the customer proposition and operating model while supporting the delivery of a 'best in class' loss mitigation strategy.

Following acquisition by Britannia Building Society I led the business through a period of rapid growth in lending, earnings and headcount followed by adjustments in response to the credit / liquidity crisis in 2007.

Was promoted to MD following the acquisition by Cabot Square Capital and led the business through the process of adapting to PE ownership followed by a sale of the business to Britannia Building Society.

Led the Operations, IT,Change and Business Intelligence functions to support the launch of a specialist lending business in both retail (direct) and intermediary channels

Following the 1990-1992 recession developed Platform as a 3rd party mortgage administrator and operational support for Lehman Brothers Principal Finance and Fixed Income Advisory teams

Hired by Bear Stearns (New York) to support the set up of a wholesale funded centralised mortgage lender as a Financial Planning and Product Manager

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics And History

Level 7 Certificate In Executive Coaching And Leadership Mentoring

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance