Karl Kent and Jason Roper have both joined the peer-to-peer lending platform as relationship directors for the South Yorkshire and North West regions respectively. 

Meanwhile, David Hardman has taken on the role of credit manager and will be responsible for credit sanctioning. 

Karl has been recruited from Lloyds Bank, where he spent two years working as a relationship director as part of the wider East Midlands and South Yorkshire real estate team.

Jason has previously served at RBS as a relationship director in Manchester, where he provided commercial, residential and development finance for customers in the region.

David has spent 35 years at NatWest/RBS in various roles including credit manager in Manchester and Leeds, as well as a relationship director on the real estate finance team.

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Stuart Law, CEO at Assetz Capital (pictured above), said these appointments followed a successful 2017 as it looked to continue its strong growth.

“We continue to attract highly experienced team members to handle the high level of enquiries that our competitive offering is generating. 

“With companies across the country increasingly looking at peer-to-peer as a viable funding solution, we continue to strengthen our team with the appointments of relationship directors in the wider regions as well as continue to grow our credit team.

“With this in mind, we are delighted to welcome Karl, Jason and David on board. 

“Each of them brings a wealth of experience to the business, and will certainly support the progression of Assetz Capital in the North West and South Yorkshire.”