March 19, 2025

LendInvest Announces Announces New BDM for West England and Wales

London, 19 March– LendInvest Mortgages (LSE: LINV), a leading UK-based fintech platform and specialist lender has announced the hiring of Ryan Best as the new Business Development Manager for West England and Wales.

Based in Gloucester, Best joins the company from MPowered Mortgages and has honed his knowledge of the UK property market with other lenders like Aldermore, The Mortgage Lender and TSB Bank.

Best’s hiring is to fill the vacancy left by Nigel Robbins, who was promoted to National Account Manager.

Commenting on Best’s hiring, Paula Mercer, Head of Sales at LendInvest says: “We know how much value the West of England and Wales have to offer the UK property market, and we’re thrilled to bring in Ryan Best and his two decades of industry experience to LendInvest.

Ryan’s knowledge of the area combined with his deep industry experience makes him the perfect fit for LendInvest. As a company we plan on continuing to expand our offerings across our Buy-to-Let, Bridging and Residential products, and I look forward to Ryan’s impact and support he will offer to our brokers and their borrowers in achieving their property goals, whatever they may be.”

Commenting on his new role at LendInvest, Ryan Best says: “I love living in West England, and I’m excited to help brokers here and in Wales solve their property finance challenges.

“I was drawn to LendInvest because of their commitment to technology while delivering expert support to their customers. Throughout my years of experience, I’ve learned what keeps me in the specialist lending market is the connection I can make with our brokers, offering them value and solutions to help their borrowers buy their first home, remortgage their existing home or help build their property portfolio.

I’m thrilled to continue to build on those connections here at LendInvest.”

About LendInvest

LendInvest is the UK’s leading platform for property finance.

LendInvest offers short-term, development and buy-to-let mortgages to intermediaries, landlords and developers. Its proprietary technology and user experience are designed to make it simpler for both borrowers and investors to access property finance.LendInvest has lent over £3bn of short term, development and buy to let mortgages.

Its funders and investors include global institutions such as HSBC, Citigroup and NAB, and, in 2019, it was the first Fintech to securitise a portfolio of BTL mortgages. The company has reported annual profitable growth since 2015 and was named Digital Innovation Award Winner at the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Awards, and both Specialist Lender and Buy-to-Let Lender of the Year for 2019 at the last NACFB awards.