Stuart Parfitt

Managing Director

Stuart qualified in law but is a banker by training. Originally practicing the craft with Barclays, from 1990 he specialised in property financing with Heritable Bank and Credit Lyonnais. From the mid 1990’s he was part of the senior management team of a mortgage investment & trading operation based in the City, investing in commercial mortgage loans, CMBS transactions and direct commercial property investment.
In the spring of 2000 he joined a 4 person management team that lead the management buyout of the UK & European operations of the American group Amresco Inc. After successfully selling this company Stuart set up Business Lending to fulfil a gap in the commercial property funding market.

At Business Lending his aim is to bring the same high degree of funding specialisation and commercial real estate knowledge that he used in large ticket lending & investment situations, to the commercial mortgage market. In this way SME borrowers and investors can benefit from the expertise normally only found in the big ticket loan market.

Cecile Verroest

Credit Director

Cecile is a credit & risk specialist. Originally with HSBC, devising & implementing risk training for that organisation, she found she preferred risk assessment in the real world rather than just the theory.

Working for Credit Lyonnais on large ticket loans and later GE Capital specifically with UK & European SME’s she has dealt with all manner of credit situations. With her emphasis on risk management rather than avoiding risk altogether, she focuses on structuring transactions to achieve the risk/reward we need as lender but at the same time achieving the facility and features that the borrower requires.

Kevin Cooke

Sales & Marketing Director

With 25 years experience in business and consumer finance, Kevin has extensive knowledge of both residential and commercial mortgage and loan underwriting.

In particular, Kevin has specialised in non conforming mortgage Lending. From piloting Avco’s mortgage top up facility and then as Mortgage Development Manager for Transamerica, developing a consumer direct sales, first and second mortgage operation. At London Scottish, Kevin successfully launched a mortgage and secured lending operation, following the acquisition of Transamerica’s portfolio of £20 million, and more recently led the acquisition and restructuring of a niche private lending business originating over £100 million non conforming commercial and residential first mortgages.   

Kevin’s aim is to develop Business Lending’s distribution, products and strategy to meet and satisfy the needs of the intermediary market place to achieve the business goals of Business Lending.

Nicky Parker

Property Administration Manager

Nicky is a property management specialist. As well as working for a building society in credit, valuations and mortgage completions, she has spent 15 years running a highly successful farm, leisure and tourism enterprise.

Having worked to expand her business and being instrumental in managing a number of building and development projects, Nicky sold her interest in the business in 2001. Nicky is expert in establishing systems and procedures and maintaining business performance and during the last 4 years has lectured within a specialist College for Further Education.

We were fortunate to lure Nicky back into commerce as our Property Administration Manager. Nicky looks over all aspects of the real estate security being offered and liaises with panel surveyors to obtain the survey and valuation advice required to enable the completion of mortgage cases in a swift and efficient manner.

Ian Dudley

New Business Support Manager

Having a career in the finance industry spanning almost 27 years, Ian has extensive underwriting, customer service, management and lending experience in loans, mortgages and asset finance principally gained at First National Bank and also at Paragon Personal Finance.

Having worked in a number of B2B roles, including operations manager, business consultant, business development manager, and head of sales, Ian has a clear understanding of the business requirements of intermediaries.

Ian manages the underwriting process within Business Lending and as well as practical experience Ian is also qualified in CeFA (Certificate for Financial Advisers), CeMAP (mortgage advice & practice), CeCM (certificate in commercial mortgages) and CeRER (Certificate in Regulated Equity Release).

Ian's aim is to support our intermediary relationships with effective case progression to maximize business.

Jane Kime

Credit & Administration Manager

Jane has enjoyed a varied career, both in the banking and finance industry and as a teacher of business English. Initially with Midland she left to join Heritable Bank in 1987 where she worked with the loan completions team in the Property Finance unit.

As assistant treasurer within the SME finance group at Kleinwort Benson, Jane was responsible for proactive management of risk and funding. Jane moved back into bricks and mortar lending as an asset manager for Amresco, latterly The Leadenhall Group, originating, buying and managing both commercial real estate and high yield & development loans both in the UK and across Europe.

After a brief flirtation teaching business English to French professionals Jane has returned again to commercial real estate and joined Business Lending to enhance and facilitate the lending and administration processes leading to drawdown.

Jane's aim is to support our packagers and introducers in the execution of transactions and completions. She is responsible for the documentation, instruction & liaison with lawyers & surveyors to bring together an efficient case management and completions process. In this Jane is a key communication link working closely with our introducers.

Claire Robinson

Credit Manager

Claire is an experienced credit analyst with considerable knowledge of property finance and structured credit.

Following over 5 years with Bank of New Zealand in Business Credit and Private Banking , Claire relocated to the UK and subsequently spent 2 years with HSBC Private Banking prior to joining Business Lending Ltd.

A real asset to our operation, Claire supports our introducers and packagers with the approval of initial terms, securing credit committee approvals and issuing mortgage offers.

Jarrod Kirkland

Credit Manager

Jarrod is an experienced credit analyst with over 11 years experience in the Banking and Mortgage Industry.

Prior to relocating to the UK from New Zealand, Jarrod spent 7 years with ANZ Bank in a variety of mortgage assessment and sales roles and during the last 5 years has gained experience in broker facing roles with Platform Home Loans and more recently Victoria Mortgages.

Jarrod brings to Business Lending a well rounded knowledge of credit assessment and aims to support our introducers and packagers by building strong relationships while delivering effective credit decision making.

Kirsty Stevenson

Loan Administration Manager

Kirsty has a wealth of experience having worked in financial services for 9 years, the last 6 years within the Completions departments of a number of specialist lenders including Brittanic Money, London Mortgage Company and Victoria Mortgages.

Skilled in liasing with solicitors and communicating case progress to packagers and brokers, Kirsty supports Business Lending’s introducers and packagers with an energetic and proactive approach to post offer case completions.