Brightstar’s high net worth distributor, Sirius Property Finance, which launched in October, has recruited three team members and moved to a larger London office.
Sirius Private Clients serves high-net-worth individuals looking for loans of over £1m for UK properties. The team sources and arranges buy-to-let deals, residential and commercial mortgages and development and bridging loans.
Robert Heywood has joined bringing complex deal experience and contacts gained from roles as both a business development manager for specialist lenders and as a commercial and development finance broker.
Neil Chambers has also joined the Sirius team moving from Brightstar’s associated regulated mortgage division, Bright Mortgage Services.
Neil has previously worked for London-based high net worth brokerages, is one of the top performers within the Brightstar Group and will offer an excellent understanding of the residential mortgage market as well as the investment and development sectors.
Finally, ex-teacher Leoni Alexandrou has joined the business to support the sales team administratively and technically at their offices on Royal Exchange Avenue.
Sirius director Robert Collins (pictured) said: “We started this business with the clear intention of recruiting the leading professionals within the London market and I believe the team that we have put together are a match for anyone in the market – and the new offices gives us a great base and scope for more growth in numbers.”
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
