Challenger lender Glenhawk has made a trio of hires, appointing Jeremy Russ as head of compliance, Roxana Tsirikhova as head of financial planning and analysis and Imogen Pearce as financial accountant.
Having secured over £200 mln (€237 mln) of funding from global institutional investors JP Morgan and leading USA credit fund in the past 18 months, Glenhawk is in growth mode.
According to the lender, Russ brings over 20 years’ of financial services experience, spanning the private equity, consumer finance, wealth management and capital markets sub sectors.
He has held senior FCA approved compliance, risk and MLRO roles at The Beacon Group, Lapithus Group, Northview Group, and at specialist residential lender Belmont Green Finance, in the role of chief risk officer. Russ takes over the compliance role from Damani Johnson, who was promoted to chief operating officer in January.
Tsirikhova joins from fintech firm gohenry, where she was head of planning and analysis and brings 10 years of commercial finance experience with her. A CIMA-qualified finance professional, she previously worked at Refinitiv, Belmont Green Finance, Signal AI and Liquid Capital Markets.
Tsirikhova will be responsible for financial modelling which will support the company’s rapid growth plans, as well as providing valuable commercial financial analysis across the business.
Pearce is a newly qualified ACA-accountant, who has previously worked with Bank of America and accountancy firm Dixon Wilson. She will be supporting Glenhawk’s finance director Ryan Benton across all aspects of company financial management and reporting.
Despite the challenging economic backdrop, Glenhawk has continued to invest heavily in its infrastructure and systems. Since the start of 2020 the Glenhawk team has increased by over 30% in size to 37, including strengthening its senior leadership team and expanding its UK regional footprint.
In June it announced a partnership with Finastra Technology to drive customer engagement, and became the first bridging lender to achieve internationally recognised carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust.
Guy Harrington, CEO of Glenhawk, commented: 'Jeremy, Roxana and Imogen are the latest additions to our fast growing, best-in-class team.
'In particular, they bring significant experience managing institutional relationships, which is becoming increasingly important for us as we mature as a business.
'As we look to ramp up our lending activity and enhance our product offering, we will continue to invest heavily in our people across every function, underpinned by an ethos combining institutional style practices with an entrepreneurial approach.'
