Jason Oakley Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Afin Bank Limited is a new Bank seeking to serve the UK based African diaspora, overseas affluent property investors and in the longer term, business to business clients. It is backed by blue chip WAICA Re, one of the Top 100 Reinsurers in the world.

Richmond, London, Gb

Chairman of Proplend, a fast growing financial technology firm operating a FCA approved Peer to Peer lending platform.The platform matches borrower demand for loans with investor demand for income.We facilitate the interaction between the borrower and a single or multiple lenders, to enable the exchange of value (a monthly interest payment), through investment into sub £5m Commercial Real Estate loans. Commercial Real Estate Debt (CRE) is a long established asset class designed for institutional investors seeking a reliable and attractive source of risk adjusted income with limited capital risk.Borrowers gain access to lending that may otherwise not be currently available. Lender gain access to attractive rates of risk adjusted returns across up to three Loan to Value (LTV) risk tranches. The Proplend USP is our tranched loan which allow lenders with different risk profiles & return requirements to all participate in the same loan. If you are a borrower, a lender or just interested in this exciting new and fast growing market sector please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss Peer to Peer Lending or Marketplace Lending in more detail.

A new Real Estate fund, regulated by CySEC in Cyprus. Three key focuses: UK residential distressed, Affordable housing in Ireland, and premium Beachfront locations in Cyprus. An independent Board is in place.

Finsbury Park, England, Gb

Digital Vendor Financing platform with an institutional funding line. Eamonn McMahon outstanding CEO.

Family investment vehicle (25 different private equity investments that spans Fintech, property management, recently exited profitably our cemetery investment, accountancy, overseas property investments and London’s largest social housing mortgage broker et al). Owner of Midlands based B2L portfolio & major investor in a North West scheme.

Wolverhampton , West Midlands, Gb

A2O has direct regulatory authority (FCA 486131) to give 'whole of market' advice on:- Commercial Finance (full permission)- Pensions (NEST, Group schemes, SIPP, Stakeholder)- Long term savings & investments- Regulated mortgages- B2L, HMO lending, Bridging finance- Protection - life cover, critical illness, PHI, PMI, FIP - Commercial Lines Insurance - liabilities, office, fleet, property- Personal Lines Insurance - car, home, travel, accident breakdown- Professional Risks Insurance - PI, ATE, D&O, IP cover- Credit InsuranceWe are also members of NACFB (since 2009).

Wolverhampton , West Midlands, Gb

Supporting the growth of the A2O model across 'whole of market' propositions for General Insurance, IFA, Wealth Management, Mortgage procurement & Commercial Finance procurement.

Hale, Altrincham , Gb

North West asset management business, acquired in Feb 2017. Working closely with Chairman - Howard Jones & his Hale based team. We manage over 3,000 properties.

Richmond, Surrey, Gb

Building on London's biggest social housing mortgage broker provider. This includes both shared ownership & new build for outright sales.

London, England, Gb

We achieved our authorisation with restriction as Recognise Bank LTD in November 2020 & full authorisation in September 2021. We then grew our loan book by over £100M in the first 6 months to our year end 31/3/2022, which is faster than any predecessor new Bank.Although I left in March 2022, I remain the fourth largest shareholder.

Innovative business concerning the Burial Plot space across the U.K. Profitable exit to a scale player.

London, London Central, Gb

Supported Colum Smith CEO & his team, in helping MW in their journey towards IPO. My brief was to open new markets to MW & maximise opportunities to grow. From June 2016 focus changed to helping to develop the leadership skills of the partners.

London, England, Gb

Using my 31 years of working in Senior Banking roles, my vision is to provide time poor High Net Worth Entrepreneurs with a comprehensive service - accessing an outstanding network, working with over 70 Banks / Lenders, contacts often at MD or Senior level, to get quick decisions and get the job done. We mimic a Family Office for Entrepreneurs - typically looking at debt £1M plus.Mantra is directly authorised by the FCA to procure Commercial Finance, 'whole of market' residential mortgage broking & non investment life assurance.

London, Gb

Metro Bank - so proud of my team, we grew the loan book from £65M to over £2.5 Billion (30 times growth) in under 3 years. Minimal bad debt (4bp) & market leading margins.Britain's first new High Street bank in over 100 years offers Banking focused on the Customer. Metro Bank introduces Customers to unparalleled levels of service and convenience. This unique retail banking model, created by Metro Bank's founder Vernon W. Hill, revolutionised banking in the United States.

Walsall, Gb

Voluntary member for WHG, a social housing organisation with over 19000 homes across the whole network. Committees are set up as part of the governance process to interact with the Executive and review key performance metrics.

London, Gb

Manage the change workstreams across the Banking division, encompassing Finance, HR, Procurement & IT. Reporting to the 2 CEO's of Retail / Commercial banking respectively.

Gb

Led the Operations team (about 100 people) and IT teams (about 35 people) that processed 1.1M loans per annum.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

Chief Executive of the UK's largest independent ATM deployer in the UK. 2006 saw a 51% increase in PBT.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

Responsible for over 3000 staff in 200+ RBS branches across the UK.Awarded Top RMD across RBSG at the New York Achievers awards in 2004.

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

Head of Business Banking, over 1.1 million SME customers - income exceeded £1.1 Billion and cost budget of over £12 Million.Outstanding market share & profit growth.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Mini Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Fintech Disruption Certificate, Fintech

Fsd, Banking

Acib, Banking

Certificate In Commercial Finance, Cecm (Merit)

Cemap (Distinction & Merit), Regulated Mortgage Advice

Cergi, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law