United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced the promotion of Becky Kidby (pictured) to the position of head of regulated underwriting – bridging Finance.
The move comes as the bank restructures its bridging underwriting function, dividing it into two teams dedicated to managing regulated and unregulated bridging applications.
Kidby, who joined UTB in 2016, will be responsible for overseeing underwriting in the regulated team and helping develop the strategy for further growth.
Sundeep Patel, director of bridging at UTB, praised Kidby’s contributions to the bank’s Bridging division, stating: “Becky has played a key role in the success of UTB’s Bridging division over the last few years and she fully deserves this promotion to a senior management position.
“This was a popular move internally and I am sure it will be warmly welcomed by the many brokers, lawyers and valuers Becky works with when delivering an exemplary service.”
Patel also highlighted Kidby’s main objective in her new role, adding: “Becky’s key objective in her new role is to maintain UTB’s dominance in the regulated bridging sector and continue to grow our market share.
“She will work closely with our broker partners to ensure we continue to evolve and improve our processes in light of the changing market and new Consumer Duty regulations and enable UTB to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and brokers moving forward.”
Kidby expressed her excitement about her new role, adding: “UTB is the first choice lender for many brokers when placing regulated bridging cases and I am determined to push UTB even further ahead of our competitors in that space.
“I believe we have the best underwriters in the business, all committed to delivering an outstanding service to our brokers and customers, and as we continue to invest in great people, technology and even slicker processing our regulated bridging offering is only going to get better, and I am really excited to be part of that journey.”
