Woodley will manage a specialist team focussing on underwriting large loans in the £0.5m to £10m residential and commercial property sectors. Woodley’s role will also focus on working closely with Shawbrook’s network of introducers to ensure the bank is constantly improving its service to intermediaries and clients.
Woodley joined Shawbrook Bank in September 2011 as a credit risk manager. Prior to Shawbrook, he worked for six years as a business partner at Clydesdale Bank where he helped to set up a new financial solutions office in Knightsbridge, London.
Woodley was responsible for both corporate and commercial clients and generated an asset book of approximately £100m in the property investment, development and trading business sectors.
Before Clydesdale Bank, Woodley spent eight years at NatWest in the bank’s commercial sector.
Woodley said: “I have already experienced how as a young and growing bank not constrained by bureaucracy, Shawbrook has been able to constantly evolve with the changing market and appetite of its clients. This has been exciting to be a part of and I look forward to playing a new role in its continued growth and success.”
Stephen Johnson, managing director of Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages, said: “The creation of a specialist team enables Shawbrook to develop a bespoke service for the larger loan market. We believe it will add considerable value to our intermediary partners and complement our core business which continues to go from strength to strength."
