Short-term specialist lender and peer-to-peer platform, Kuflink, has appointed its first business development manager, Gurjit Dale, in two years as it looks to capitalise on post-Covid growth.
Gurjit Dale (pictured) will report directly to CEO, Narinder Khattoare, and will oversee Kuflink’s key accounts and support growth across the sector in the coming years.
He most recently worked at Proctor & Gamble in a senior sales position. Prior to that he garnered significant mortgage experience at Nationwide Building Society, where he worked as a customer relationship manger and mortgage adviser for around five years.
Khattoare said: “He brings a rounded background to his new role with us having built up experience of the mortgage market as well as working in a totally different channel.
“The success of our peer-to-peer platform means we have more funds to bring to the intermediary sector and with Gurjit’s arrival, we are keen to ensure that brokers are including Kuflink when they are looking for a short-term lending partner and a proposition they can trust.”
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
