Glenhawk hires former Kensington and Belmont Green executive

Effective immediately, Kularatnam (pictured) will be based in London and report directly to CEO Guy Harrington.  

His responsibilities include managing the financing facilities and implementing an enhanced funding growth strategy, including modelling future funding lines. 

He joins from Belmont Green Finance, where as head of treasury management, he structured and developed the treasury management department during its start-up phase. 

He was also part of the team that built a £1.5bn securitised book and was responsible for managing the funding, liquidity and interest rate risks of the business.  

Kensington growth

Prior to this Kularatnam spent six years at Moody’s Investors Service in the structured finance residential mortgage backed securities team and a further five years at Kensington Mortgages, then part of Investec Bank, where he was responsible for a £4bn portfolio of UK near-prime and non-conforming mortgage assets.  

Following its sale, he took over as treasury and portfolio manager at Kensington Mortgages, developing the treasury function and supporting the structured finance deal execution team. 

Guy Harrington, CEO of Glenhawk, said: “Daron joins us at an exciting time.   

“His 15 years’ experience managing multi-billion pound funding lines and mortgage portfolios aligns perfectly with our growth plans and we look forward to having him on board.” 

Kularatnam added: “Having followed Glenhawk’s meteoric rise from afar, I can’t wait to work alongside Guy and the rest of the team in supporting the implementation of their exciting growth strategy across all aspects of the business.”