UK specialist lender Exclusive Loan Service (“Exclusive Loan Service”) is pleased to announce that Steve Khan has joined the firm in the role of Head of Commercial Development. Steve has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry covering various disciplines with market innovators like John Charcol, specialist originators like Platform Homeloans, UCB and Private Label, as well as fixed income capital markets experience with GMAC RFC, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Exclusive Loan Service, Steve also worked for 6 years with Paratus AMC and most recently with Target Group. Steve’s mortgage experience covers a broad spectrum of mortgage broking, origination, banking, trading and third party servicing.
Michael Childress, Co-Founder and CEO of Exclusive Loan Service, commented: “It is fantastic to have someone of Steve’s calibre join the Exclusive Loan Service team. Steve has broad experience which has touched most segments of the UK mortgage market over the last 30 years and is ideally positioned to contribute to Exclusive Loan Service expansion and growth plans.”
Steve Khan, newly appointed Head of Commercial Development for Exclusive Loan Service, added: “I am extremely pleased to join some previous work colleagues and the rest of the Exclusive Loan Service team at such a strategic point in their journey. I believe this is a unique and critical time in the UK lending market in which Exclusive Loan Service is well positioned to participate and innovate. It is a fortuitous moment to join the team and I look forward to the many opportunities ahead.”
In addition to Steve’s appointment, Exclusive Loan Service has also hired a number of new members of staff in the Company’s underwriting and operational teams, including:
Nathan Lewis joined Exclusive Loan Service in June 2016 as a trainee underwriter in the Company’s underwriting department.
Amber Saghir joined Exclusive Loan Service in July 2016 as a risk analyst with a focus on regulatory compliance in the Company’s risk and operations team. Amber held previous roles with Lloyds Bank and Lifetime Legal.
Bethany Hudson joined Exclusive Loan Service in August 2016 as an accounting apprentice and will be supporting the Company’s finance team.
The team expansion follows on the back of the successful completion of a significant funding round in mid-May and is part of Exclusive Loan Service growth strategy. Exclusive Loan Service is expecting to make additional hires over the coming months.
Michael Childress, Co-Founder and CEO of Exclusive Loan Service, commented: “We are very excited to be able to welcome such a talented group of individuals to the Exclusive Loan Service team.”