LendInvest, the London based buy to let finance and bridging finance platform, has announced Peter Wallis as its new VP of Technology. In this role, he will oversee the growth of Product and Technology teams via a recruitment drive, with the aim of doubling the headcount. This is part of LendInvest’s continued commitment to investing in award winning technology.
Peter brings over twenty five years of experience in digital technology and consulting from the financial services, government and retail sectors. He was previously Chief Technology Officer at Sporting Group, a sports betting technology and trading company. In that role, he increased the team size by 125% and implemented a ‘Cloud first’ strategy. Peter is also a former ETX Capital Chief Technology Officer.
Arman Tahmassebi, Chief Operating Officer at LendInvest, said: “Accelerating our technology roadmap is a key pillar behind our vision of making property finance simple, and bringing the mortgage market into the 21st century.
I am delighted to welcome Peter to the LendInvest team. Having worked together in a previous life I have first-hand experience of his expertise in delivering on furthering our automation capabilities, complex digital projects and managing large and growing teams, which will be crucial to our growth moving forward.”
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