He will work closely with brokers and developers throughout the region, establishing relationships and assisting in the structuring and packaging of cases.

Tim joins from AssetStone where he was chief investment officer for three years.

Prior to that he was development director at Reditum Capital and has also held senior roles at Aura Developments and Future Capital Partners.

His track record includes working in funding across a range of tenure mixes, including residential, PBSA, hotel and PRS schemes.

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“London and the South East is a crucial region for HTB, and with Tim on board we look forward to delivering the combination of flexible funding and hands-on customer service that is synonymous with the bank,” said Neil Leitch, managing director of development finance at HTB.

“Tim has fantastic experience in this industry, and will be a great asset in supporting our brokers and developer clients even when cases have certain tricky or quirky elements to them.”

Tim added: “I’m excited to be joining HTB at such a pivotal time in the development finance market cycle.

“The wealth of development experience within the team is immense and I look forward to supporting existing and new contacts with their development finance needs.”