Kuflink has appointed property financing veteran Brian West (pictured) as its new head of gross sales.
In his new position, West will probably be targeted on driving product innovation, funding capability and e-book development with a purpose to assist Kuflink meet its bold 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 equivalent to Funding 365 and Pivot, and has served as a board director of Bridging & Improvement Lenders Affiliation – previously often 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 operate at Metropolis of London based mostly lender, Saxon Belief.
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As head of gross sales, Brian will work carefully with Kuflink’s chief govt Narinder Khattoare and the senior management workforce to develop Kuflink’s enterprise within the coming yr.
“I’ve recognized Narinder for a few years and watched the Kuflink journey from a small privately funded lender to the present, extremely spectacular operation,” mentioned West.
“With institutional funding now complimenting our market main peer-to-peer funding platform, the foundations are in place for the subsequent stage of development and improvement. I stay up for enjoying a big 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 workforce,” mentioned Khattoare.
“He’s the newest in a collection of senior appointments and his arrival ensures that we now have the workforce in place to take Kuflink to the subsequent stage.”
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