It announces three new hires and three promotions from its graduate programme
Specialist lender Aspen Bridging has appointed three new underwriters from its graduate recruitment scheme and promoted a further three staff who joined through the same programme.
The lender announced the hiring of Wasif Saddiq, Da, and Richard Coombs.
Saddiq (rightmost in picture) has just completed a masters in investment analysis at Aston University, while Da comes directly from her previous job at West Midlands Police, where she gained a masters in financial investigation. Richard Coombs (second from right in picture) joins the firm with a degree in economics and politics, having also worked as a financial analyst in property development.
The appointments bring the number of staff recruited through the graduate scheme to 13, with all three currently completing Aspen’s internal training programmes while managing their own caseloads under supervision.
In addition to the new team members, Aspen has also promoted Saif Khalique, Aqib Iqbal, and Laura Randall.
Khalique (leftmost in picture) is now Aspen’s underwriting manager, having held the title of senior underwriter since March 2021. He was previously underwriter from May 2020, having joined the lender in December 2019 as a graduate underwriter.
Iqbal (third from right in picture) has been promoted to senior credit analyst. He joined Aspen in 2021 as a graduate underwriter before progressing to an underwriter and credit analyst.
Randall (third from left in picture) is now a senior underwriter, having joined the business as an underwriter in January 2021.
“Saif, Aqib, and Laura are dedicated employees who have helped the business grow,” remarked Jack Coombs (second from left in picture), director at Aspen Bridging. “These promotions recognise their excellent contributions and gives them more responsibility to shape the company going forwards.
“Wasif, Richard, and Da arrive at a very exciting time, as we look to ramp up our lending over the rest of the year and beyond, our hiring efforts continue, and we are excited about what the future will bring.”
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