Together’s Sundeep Patel joins UTB as director of bridging

Patel previously worked at Together where he was in charge of the specialist lender’s intermediary channel as director of sales and was also a member of its commercial executive committee. 

He has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry and prior to joining Together in 2018, was at Precise Mortgages as national sales manager. 

Patel is currently on gardening leave and will begin his new role at UTB in November. 

He said: “UTB has established a great reputation as a competitive and reliable bridging lender with a highly skilled and knowledgeable team. The bank has delivered exceptional performance despite the challenges of the pandemic and economic uncertainty, and I am looking forward to supporting their strategic ambitions and being part of their strong, values driven culture”. 

Mark Stokes – chief commercial officer at United Trust Bank, said Patel possessed the skills, drive and enthusiasm to build on the lender’s recent success and deliver growth over the next few years. 

He added: “I am looking forward to welcoming him to the bank and I know he is keen to meet his new team and get on with the job of making UTB the foremost provider of short-term finance. 

“I would also like to thank Owen Bentley and Nikki Brett for maintaining bridging’s excellent performance while we carried out our search for a new director of bridging. They will continue to run the division until Sundeep joins us in November and the three of them will create a formidable team, delivering yet more improvements to products and service and bringing even greater success to UTB’s bridging business.”