Hilco Real Estate Finance has appointed Asim Shirwani as its managing director.
The institutionally-backed property lender says Shirwani “will give attention to rising Hilco Real Estate Finance’s presence throughout London and the South East”.
The enterprise, launched in 2023, gives short-term bridging loans and refinancing, with mortgage sizes ranging between £3m to over £100m.
Shirwani brings over twenty years of expertise in mainstream and specialist lending, akin to bridging and short-term loans, most lately at Cynergy Bank, the place he served as director of bridging finance and oversaw its growth into the short-term lending market.
Prior to this, he held senior positions at Lendhub, LendInvest and Metro Bank.
Hilco Real Estate Finance chief funding officer Max Lewis says: “One of the hallmarks of our method is entry to senior and skilled personnel.
“We are dedicated to constructing a best-in-class workforce from high down, and Asim’s appointment is a mirrored image of this philosophy and additional enhances our lending capabilities”.
Shirwani provides: “As one of many UK’s most proactive and best-capitalised lenders, I do know that Hilco Real Estate Finance has daring progress ambitions.”