Mint Property Finance has added two team members to its underwriting department this week.
The first of the new hires, Leigh Harwood, joined Mint as development underwriter from Stream Bank and has extensive experience in financial sectors.
In a career spanning 20 years, Harwood has worked on mortgages, loans, litigations and collections, including as head of underwriting at C&M Wealth International and credit manager at Stream Bank.
Harwood said: “I’m delighted to join the team at Mint. I’m looking forward to bringing my extensive industry knowledge to the company and helping continue their upward growth trajectory.”
Also joining the company as underwriter support is Ben Broad. Broad joined straight from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Broad said: “I’m looking forward to beginning my career at Mint, and have been warmly welcomed into the team.
“I’m excited to develop my knowledge of the property finance sectors and further my career in this exciting industry.”
Both Harwood and Broad will work in Mint’s underwriting team, led by Adam Robson and Sam Herd.
They will be trained on the company’s underwriting principles whilst working on cases for broker and direct borrower clients.
Andrew Lazare, managing director, added: “As mentioned in the press previously this week, Mint continue to be very much ‘open for business’ despite the challenging economic circumstances and our two new hires reflect our ongoing and growing need for exceptional talent.
“The addition of Ben and Leigh to our team means we will be even better placed to successfully manage new and existing enquiries through our underwriting process to completion.”
