The appointments follow an election by BDLA members and the trio will replace Jamie Pritchard from Glenhawk, Mark Stokes from United Trust Bank, and Sabinder Robinson-Sandhu from Brickflow. They are retiring from their positions at the end of their rotation period.

The newly-elected board members will “take up their responsibilities with immediate effect”.

Patel is the director of bridging at United Trust Bank, joining the firm in 2022, and before that worked at Together for around four years, most recently as director of sales. He has also held senior roles at Precise Mortgages, Royal Bank of Scotland and CMG Advice.

Cawood is the managing director of property finance at StreamBank for around two years and before that was director of sales at Hope Capital for over two years. She was previously head of sales at Masthaven Bank and national sales manager at Precise Mortgages.

Marshall is the founder and managing director at Roma Finance, and has worked for the lender for nearly 16 years. Prior to that, Marshall was credit and risk director at Together for almost six years. He has held senior roles at Ford Campbell Freedman and Arther Andersen.

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Vic Jannels (pictured), CEO of the BDLA, said: “We recently held an election to appoint three lender members to the executive board to fill the vacancies of those retiring directors reaching the end of their term.

“The number of candidates and votes were at an extremely high level, demonstrating the support we continue to enjoy in keeping our Association meaningful and impactful in the bridging and development lending sector.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to the retiring executive board members, who provided outstanding support and service to the BDLA during their terms of office. I am personally very grateful for their encouragement and guidance and respect the huge contribution they have made to the association.”

He continued: “These are exciting times at the BDLA. Our lender members are reporting record lending levels, and we continue to grow our membership amongst both lenders and associated professional firms.

“We are making great strides in continuing to grow awareness and understanding of our market, and initiatives like the Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP) programme are helping to deliver enhanced levels of expertise and professionalism.

“I am confident that our new executive board members will make a significant contribution to further advancing our association, and our sector.”