The ex-MD of intermediary channel at Barclays, David Finlay is part of the Acenden team readying to launch specialist lender, New Street Mortgages.
The lender, which will set out both its brand and product proposition under Kensington Mortgages, is understood to be preparing to launch toward year-end or in early 2016.
Finlay’s role with the lender, originally expected to be MD, is still unconfirmed.
Adrian Whittaker is set to leave his corporate sales director role at myhomemove on 30 September, announced this morning, and is believed to be joining the new lender in a sales capacity.
The Kensington brand is understood to be keen to expand its potential market footprint under this new brand, as its regulated entity.
Kensington is a specialist residential and buy-to-let lender, with specialisms in complex income, self-employed and adverse credit loans.
Both Kensington and Finlay (pictured) declined to comment.
Kensington buyers, investment funds Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and TPG Special Situations also bought Acenden Mortgage Servicing Solutions from Lehman Brothers’ administrators in January 2015.
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.
