LendInvest, a top digital financing platform for the UK market, has announced two senior hires to its Funds team. According to the Fintech, Omega Poole is joining the firm as its new Head of Capital Raising and Robert Pritchard joining as its new Head of Fund Management.
LendInvest has recently been growing its senior team following the company’s IPO in July 2021 and as it seeks to scale the business and disrupt the property finance market.
Poole joins LendInvest from the law firm Mishcon de Reya where she worked within the Debt Advisory team. She is said to have extensive experience in the real estate finance market and over the last 9 years, Omega has focused predominantly on sourcing capital. She was previously a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP and a Director at CBRE.
Pritchard joins LendInvest from Urban Exposure PLC, where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer. Robert oversaw the company’s restructuring and successful return of shareholder capital.
Poole commented:
“Having watched the LendInvest business carve a new niche and become a leading property finance asset manager supporting SME developers in the UK over the last decade or so, I’m absolutely delighted to have joined the funds team to help continue the development of our successful funds business.”
Pritchard, said that LendInvest is well-positioned to further expand the fund management business and become one of the leading specialist managers in the UK.
