McKinlay will step down from the role at the end of this month, with chief commercial officer Vicki Harris extending her responsibilities to oversee the sales team.
He has worked at the firm for over four years, having joined Kensington initially as sales and marketing director. During his tenure he has helped grow originations from £900m to over £2bn.
Prior to Kensington, he worked at Lloyds Banking Group for around five years, most recently as commercial and channels director. In his role he oversees analytics, pricing, customer experience, business development and channel engagement for retail and commercial banking.
Before that, he was mortgage new business director at Lloyds Banking Group, where he oversaw mortgage sales at the group from 2012 to 2016.
McKinlay has also held senior roles at Homeserve, RAC, Aviva, T-Mobile and Diageo.
‘A key member of Kensington’
Mark Arnold, Kensington Mortgages’ chief executive officer, said: “Craig has been an invaluable and key member of Kensington Mortgages over his five years of service. He’s grown our new originations business exponentially by driving our broker engagement and working closely with the rest of the Kensington team to deliver our market-leading product and service innovation.
“We want to thank Craig for all his hard work over the years, wish him the very best in the future, and to enjoy his well-deserved retirement.”
McKinlay added: “I have really enjoyed the last five years at Kensington. Under Mark’s leadership we have transformed both Kensington Mortgages and the specialist lending sector. I leave a fantastic team behind me who will take the business to even greater heights and continue to build our approach of customer facing innovation.
“Finally, I would like to thank the mortgage brokers and national accounts who have been so critical to our success.”
