Kuflink has appointed property financing veteran Brian West (pictured) as its new head of gross sales.
In his new function, West might be targeted on driving product innovation, funding capability and e-book development with the intention to assist Kuflink meet its formidable development plans.
He has greater than 25 years’ expertise within the property sector, having held senior roles at GE Capital and Swift Advances. He has additionally labored with specialist lenders reminiscent of Funding 365 and Pivot, and has served as a board director of Bridging & Improvement Lenders Affiliation – previously generally known as the Affiliation of Brief-Time period Lenders.
Over the previous two and a half years West has headed up the gross sales and advertising perform at Metropolis of London based mostly lender, Saxon Belief.
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As head of gross sales, Brian will work intently with Kuflink’s chief govt Narinder Khattoare and the senior management group to develop Kuflink’s enterprise within the coming yr.
“I’ve identified Narinder for a few years and watched the Kuflink journey from a small privately funded lender to the present, extremely spectacular operation,” stated West.
“With institutional funding now complimenting our market main peer-to-peer funding platform, the foundations are in place for the following stage of development and improvement. I sit up for taking part in a major half on this development.”
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“Brian has a wealth of expertise, he’s uniquely well-connected within the business and we’re delighted that he’s agreed to take over the gross sales group,” stated Khattoare.
“He’s the most recent in a collection of senior appointments and his arrival ensures that we now have the group in place to take Kuflink to the following stage.”
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