Macaulay and Lawlor to join Octane's senior team

Last week, Bridging & Commercial revealed that the pair were set to leave Octopus Property.

Graham will be joining Octane as senior credit manager, while Liam will serve as senior business development manager.

Their start dates are yet to be confirmed.

This announcement follows a number of recent high-profile appointments at the third-generation property finance lender.

"In their respective fields, Graham and Liam have two of the sharpest minds in the industry, and sharp minds need to be challenged,” said Mark Posniak, managing director of Octane Capital (pictured above, second left).

“Both immediately bought into Octane’s risk-based pricing model and the bespoke, complex loans that we have set out to offer.

“Our goal is to create a lender where the most experienced people in specialist finance can test themselves each day, do so in a flat and fun environment and work alongside brokers as partners.”

Octane Capital focuses on complex, non-standard and larger loans that brokers may struggle to place.

It will also be opening its doors to the development finance sector from Q3 2017.