It appoints a regional account manager for the South West and Midlands
Castle Trust Bank has reinforced its sales team with the recruitment of Barry Ireland as regional account manager for the South West and Midlands.
Ireland (pictured) joins the bank from Apex Bridging, where he managed relationships with all new and existing mortgage brokers and business introducers nationally across England and Wales.
Formerly a broker himself, Ireland brings with him a wealth of knowledge in mortgages and insurance and first-hand understanding of the market from a broker’s point of view.
In his new role, Ireland will take a proactive approach with broker firms in his assigned regions, helping them to understand how Castle Trust Bank’s specialist bridging proposition could benefit their clients.
Castle Trust Bank has been providing short and medium-term buy-to-let and holiday let specialist finance for over 10 years. Backed by one of the world’s largest private equity investment firms, the bank considers applications across England and Wales from a range of property investors including complex structures, limited companies, overseas ownership, portfolio landlords, first-time landlords, ex-pats and foreign nationals.
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“We are delighted that Barry has joined Castle Trust Bank to help us grow our business in the South West and Midlands,” said Anna Lewis, commercial director at Castle Trust Bank. “We have a strong pedigree of helping property investors to realise their objectives and have recently launched a dedicated bridging proposition.
“Our status as a bank enables us to provide certainty of funding, which has never been more important to brokers and their clients than it is in the current environment. Barry will be instrumental in helping more brokers to experience the benefits of working with Castle Trust Bank.”
Commenting on his appointment, Ireland said he was looking forward to offering the bank’s proposition to his existing broker contacts and new ones in the South West and Midlands.
“Castle Trust Bank has a strong reputation for providing brokers with a unique combination of flexibility and certainty and delivering innovative solutions to help property investors achieve their objectives,” he commented. “Its new dedicated bridging team has the skills and experience to identify solutions to situations that other lenders may consider too complex.”
