Mark Tunley

ThinCats appoints origination manager for East Midlands




Alternative funding specialist ThinCats has hired Mark Tunley (pictured above) as its origination manager for the East Midlands.

Mark has joined the company after spending 32 years at NatWest and RBS, with the last 21 years dedicated to business development across the Midlands.

His most recent role was business development director in asset-based lending, working with SMEs in the East and West Midlands.

Mark had previously spent 17 years in a similar role in commercial banking, working with SMEs throughout Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Mark commented: “I am looking forward to working even more closely with businesses in the East Midlands; offering an alternative route to finance, funding where the banks are unable to fund, and working with the myriad dynamic and ambitious SMEs across the region who need support.”

Damon Walford, CDO at ThinCats, added: “It’s a real coup for ThinCats to be able to welcome someone of the stature of Mark – a true professional – who knows the funding landscape in the East Midlands inside out.”

Last month, ThinCats announced a £200m funding programme – in conjunction with its parent company ESF Capital – to support lending to UK SMEs.

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