John Platt joins the Structured Finance Division

We are happy to announce the appointment of John Platt as Structured Finance Director at PMD Business Finance as we look to further expand our offering to clients and introducers. John joins us with experience as a Corporate Banker, joining PMD from NatWest where he worked for 14 years. Whilst here, he ran a Leisure, Hotels & Retail portfolio across the North West.

John will lead a new property funding division. This will see PMD offer specialised brokerage services such as commercial mortgages and development finance. Follow this link to read more about John’s appointment.

Tom Brown, director, PMD Business Finance, said: “Over the past year, PMD has grown from brokering £150m of lending each year to around £180m across a variety of sectors and clients.

“John’s appointment is an important part of our ambition to reach £250m lending in the next 12 months. We also want to further cementing our position as the UK’s largest independent business finance intermediary.

“Over recent months, we have seen a significant rise in demand for property finance. This comes from both from introducers and clients. We’re excited to be launching a new property funding division to support the requirements of new and existing clients in this area.”

Welcome to the team John Platt!

Do you want to be part of our fantastic growing team?
We are recruiting for multiple roles throughout the business, so if you’ve got what it takes to be part of the PMD family then email your CV to jonny@pmdbusinessfinance.co.uk today! Alternatively, why not keep up to date on what we’re up to and new opportunities within our growing team by following us on LinkedIn.

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