Traditional lending is in crisis: SME property professionals are struggling to access the finance they need, and investors are receiving inferior rates of interest due to high overhead banking costs.
CrowdProperty’s founders built our business to tackle these fundamental issues. We provide quick and easy finance to property professionals whilst giving investors inflation-beating interest, all whilst meeting the rising demand for quality residential housing in the process.
Our founders are leaders in the property industry. Using their experience, we ensure we select and oversee only the very best projects for investment. We use our advanced technology to pair investors directly with borrowers so we all share in the projects’ success, keeping true to the original fair ethos of marketplace lending.
Founded in 2014, we swiftly became one of the UK’s leading specialist property project lenders, facilitating millions of pounds worth of short-term loans to SME property professionals and changing the game of property project finance.
CrowdProperty has been FCA authorised and regulated since the 1st November 2017, having proven that our processes are robust, our platform stable and our due diligence rigorous - as well as confirming our commitment to transparency and client focus.
In September 2018, the business became a member of the P2PFA, elected by the biggest and most reputable platforms in the sector for our exemplary operating process.
In January 2020, CrowdProperty was announced as a founding member of the Innovate Finance 36H Group which succeeded the P2PFA. This collection of market leaders in the specialist lending industry focuses on policy and regulatory matters and promoting the benefits of the marketplace lending sector.
We continue to invest across all levels and functions of the business.
Our founding team shares almost 100 years’ property experience and have their own extensive property portfolios. Our critical edge is that we understand the intricacies of projects and developments, which enables us to complete stronger, quicker and more relevant due diligence and to lend more on occasion than traditional lenders.
As CEO, Mike is responsible for CrowdProperty’s overall strategy and development. Mike brings a wealth of experience from a career as a strategy consultant working with major corporates, private equity funds and real estate businesses on M&A and strategy. He has been investing in property since 2002, with a large portfolio of directly owned and HNW co-invested assets across tenure types. Mike is an active angel investor in PropTech, FinTech and marketplace businesses, investing in high potential PropTech businesses since 2014, and sits on the Investment Committee of Pi Labs, Europe’s first and most prolific venture capital fund investing exclusively in early stage ventures in the PropTech vertical.
Andrew has been MRICS qualified and active in the property industry for over 35 years. He has worked in both private practice and for property companies in London and Birmingham. Andrew has a full understanding of the property development process having personally developed and managed in excess of 5,000,000 sqft of property.
With more than 25 years’ experience working for bank and non-bank market leaders in the SME finance industry, Damon is a highly regarded executive in the alternative finance sector. With previous roles at Swoop, ThinCats and Aldermore Bank, Damon has a breadth of experience in developing FinTech companies.
Steve is a Chartered Accountant and experienced CFO in banking and investment banking, with 25 years' financial experience in retail and institutional lending environments.
As non-executive Chair of the Board, John brings deep financial services, alternative finance and asset management operating expertise through high growth stages. As CEO of ESF Capital & ThinCats from 2015-2019, John oversaw the acquisition of ThinCats by ESF Capital and subsequently took the business from c.£150m cumulative lending to c.£600m. John’s previous executive experience includes positions at Hermes Investment Management, New Star Asset Management and Morgan Stanley.
With an extensive career spanning more than 40 years in the banking and finance sector, Mark also currently holds the role of Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Distribution Finance Capital Holdings where he chairs three boards including the Risk Committee, Renumeration Committee and Nomination Committee. Mark is highly experienced at providing financial services which empower SME businesses, having served as CEO of Allica Bank, CEO of Harrods Bank and Founding Partner of Aldermore Bank PLC.
Simon has been a property investor and developer since 1995. He founded the ‘Property Investors Network’ in 2003 which holds 50 local property networking meetings across the UK each month in addition to educating thousands of property professionals. Simon is the author of Amazon bestseller ‘Property Magic’ and widely recognised as one of the top property experts, educators and mentors in the UK.
Zak Abdumadzhidov
QA Tester
Martin Bray
Head of Surveyors
Mike Bristow
CEO
Cassian Brookes
Lending Manager
Cindy Chow
KYC Officer
Harriet Constable
Lending Manager
Sarah Cooper
Head of Developer Support Team
Tom Edmunds
Head of Business Development - Midlands
Clarissa Evans
Lending Director
Bethany Griffiths
Finance Manager
Cameron Gummer
Commercial & Financial Analyst
Andrew Hall
Property Director
Glenn Harding
Software Engineer
Lucy Hardman
Head of Investor Relations
Mared Harrison
Investor Relations Manager
Abby Henderson
Investor Relations Manager
Joshua Hinkins
Junior Graphic Designer
Nikeeta Isaac
Broker Desk Manager
Suki Kaur
Lending Manager
Sid Khan
Programme Manager
Rupert Lowe
Head of Business Development - North
Minisha Mahay
Graphic Designer
Sonia Mann
Head of Intermediaries
Varsha Mathew
Software Engineer
Serisha Mehmi
Accounts Assistant
Steve Morgan
CFO
Andrejs Morozovs
Performance Marketing Manager
John Mould
Non-Executive Chairman
Guy Mulatu
Software Engineer
David Njagi
Developer Support Executive
Mike O'Raw
UX Designer
Charles Palmer
Software Engineer
Amal Patel
Finance Analyst
Jatin Patel
Software Engineer
Richard Payne
Lending Director
Sarah Peiris
Head of Brand and Communications
Fiona Prendergast
Marketing Director
Laurie Price
HR and Office Coordinator
Jack Quddus
Client Support Manager
Mohit Rana
Senior Tester
Daniel Richards
Developer Support Manager
Luke Richardson
Software Engineer
David Salomon
Head of Business Development South West
Asha Seniaray-Grant
Developer Support Manager
Tom Short
Head of Credit
Richard Sinfield
Head of Compliance
David Sivocha
Head of Development & Operations
Mark Stephens
Non-Executive Director
Dan Sullivan
Senior Product Manager
Josh Thompson
Senior Lending Manager
Damon Walford
CCO
Andreas Yianni
Head of Business Development - London & South
Simon Zutshi
Co-Founder