Sancus names new managing director
Sancus Lending Group has named Richard Whitehouse as managing director of its UK business.
Whitehouse has worked at Sancus since 2016, when he joined the company as a sales director. Less than a year after that he was promoted to the role of director. He has also acted as a non-executive director for one of the group’s investment companies.
Before joining Sancus, Whitehouse was regional sales director at Aldermore for nearly three years, and he spent more than two years as head of client relations at AIB.
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“Richard has been key in our recent growth in the UK and his new position coincides with significant increased activity in the business,” said Rory Mepham, chief executive of Sancus Lending Group.
“Our aim is to provide the property sector, not just with finance but also with knowledge, support and certainty, characteristics we think will be increasingly important at this stage of the economic cycle.”
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Sancus recently revealed that new loan facilities in the first half of 2022 rose by 62 per cent, year-on-year, to £86m.
“I look forward to continuing to grow the UK business which will include further recruitment of experienced property lenders to continue to support our introducers and clients,” added Whitehouse.
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