LendInvest Gains Senior Exec from Microsoft
LendInvest has announced that it has hired Bart Boezeman in the new role of Chief Marketing Officer. Mr Boezeman joins LendInvest from Microsoft, where he was Director of Global Brand and Marketing Strategy for the global technology behemoth.
Mr Boezeman will be bringing to LendInvest over two decades of creative marketing experience which spans from ING, to Nokia, Heineken and Microsoft.
LendInvest CEO, Christian Faes, commented:
“We are delighted to welcome Bart to the LendInvest team. He brings with him a wealth of expertise that, matched with his ideas and drive, will contribute to LendInvest’s brand development. Bart’s interest in the alternative finance sector and passion for LendInvest’s core value proposition will help drive our marketing strategy going forward.
It is very important that we are able to take the LendInvest brand to the next level with this appointment, which is why we spent such a long time recruiting for the role. Not only were we pleased with the volume of interest we received, we were absolutely overwhelmed with the calibre of candidates that applied.”
Bart Boezeman commented:
“This is a delicious opportunity and I am really excited to be joining the team at LendInvest. They are a company that is clearly set on doing things in a very different way. The mortgage industry is one that is ready for something new, and the LendInvest vision is an extremely exciting one.”
About LendInvest:
LendInvest is a leading short-to-medium term Buy-To-Let lender in the UK, and the world’s largest peer-to-peer marketplace for real estate.
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.