In his new role, he will support the lender’s founding partners Gavin Eustace and Matthew Pritchard in delivering the next stage of Silbury’s growth plans.

Throughout his 40-year career, Grenville has held chairman positions at numerous companies, including Titlestone, Ascot Lloyd/Bellpenny and, most recently, Watkin Jones (where he was a non-executive chairman).

He was also the founding director of Rightmove, NED at Zoopla and chief executive at Countrywide.

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Commenting on his appointment, Grenville said: “The UK mid-ticket residential lending space was ripe for disruption, and Gavin and Matthew had the conviction and experience to launch, and subsequently scale, a product offering that is fully aligned with borrower needs. 

“This is a rare opportunity to join a dynamic team, running an institutional quality platform in what is a hugely underserved part of the debt market.”

Gavin added: “Grenville’s track record launching and running a number of blue-chip residential property and finance businesses speaks for itself. 

“While we are seeing strengthening demand for sustainability-linked, competitively priced senior debt, we are operating against a volatile backdrop, and we look forward to leveraging Grenville’s over 40 years’ experience as we accelerate our growth plans.”