Short-term finance lender Catalyst Property Finance has hired Lee Griffiths as its sixth relationship manager.
Griffiths will take on the role of client relationship manager and oversee origination of loans, structuring, pricing lending terms and building customer relationships.
He was most recently an account manager at Iceberg, a division of Paragon Bank that provides commercial funding and asset finance to the SME market.
Prior to that he worked at Savills as an agent network manager for nearly six years and before that worked at Health-on-Line in life insurance sales for just under five years.
Catalyst Property Finance’s new business head, James Farge, said: “The recruitment of Lee into the new business team at Catalyst was an easy decision to make. He had previously worked with Sam and Josh, who have established themselves as top performers at Catalyst, and Lee came highly recommended by them both.
“I am looking forward to working closely with Lee as he further enhances our ability to originate quality business, in what is, a very competitive market.”
The lender’s intermediary relationship managers include Josh Hawker, Stuart Heavens, Oliver Jenkins and Andy Keeher.
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.