United Trust Bank appoints Director of Bridging

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Sundeep Patel to the key role of Director of Bridging.

Patel is a highly experienced and well-known figure who has worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years. Most recently he was Director of Sales and member of the Commercial Executive Committee at specialist lender Together and was in charge of their Intermediary Channel. He successfully led Together’s re-entry to the market, having suspended lending during the pandemic, and is widely credited with playing a pivotal role in developing the lenders’ new strategy, building one of the sector’s most successful sales teams and establishing a strong ethos and culture with high levels of team engagement and staff wellbeing. Before joining Together in 2018 he was National Sales Manager at Precise Mortgages.

Mark Stokes, Chief Commercial Officer, United Trust Bank said “Sundeep has a huge amount of experience in the intermediary channel but more importantly he possesses the skills, drive and enthusiasm to build on our recent success and deliver the substantial growth we’re looking to achieve over the next few years. I am looking forward to welcoming him to the Bank and I know he is keen to meet his new team and get on with the job of making UTB the foremost provider of short-term finance.”

“I would also like to thank Owen Bentley and Nikki Brett for maintaining Bridging’s excellent performance while we carried out our search for a new Director of Bridging. They will continue to run the division until Sundeep joins us in November and the three of them will create a formidable team, delivering yet more improvements to products and service and bringing even greater success to UTB’s Bridging business.”