January 26, 2023

LendInvest announces new Director of Fundraising from Wells Fargo

London, 26 January 2023 LendInvest, the UK’s leading asset manager for property finance, has announced a new senior hire to its Funds team with former Allspring Global Investments Sales Director, Harry Hall, joining as its new Director of Fundraising.

Harry joins LendInvest from Allspring (previously Wells Fargo Asset Management), where he worked as a Sales Director within the UK Financial Institutions Team. During his time at the business Harry developed relationships with a wide range of institutional clients. Prior to Allspring, Harry worked at BlackRock, specialising in UK Defined Benefit pension scheme investors.

With over 10 years experience working in asset management, Harry has extensive experience in capital raising and relationship management. He brings broad expertise across the asset class spectrum including fixed income, equities, complex solutions such as LDI, and alternatives including hedge funds, infrastructure and private credit.

At LendInvest Harry will be focused on building client relationships and raising capital for the funds business. Key geographies include Asia, Middle East, Nordics, selective Europe and the UK.

This hire comes following the company’s announcement of two major funding partnerships in 2023, a £300 million financial agreement with Lloyds Bank; and £100 million partnership with the government’s British Business Bank and HSBC. 

Harry Hall, Director of Fundraising at LendInvest, commented: I am delighted to have joined such an ambitious and forward thinking company, truly refreshing in the asset management space. LendInvest has built a fantastic brand in the lending market, underpinned by class leading technology and robust risk management. Clients will find us truly innovative and differentiated, able to play a unique role in portfolios as a trusted partner with specialist expertise.

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.