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Sean Deacon is appointed as Head of Core Credit

16 Jan 2018 By octopus property

Sean deacon is appointed as head of Core Credit, to support our ongoing growth through our unique Lifecycle Lending proposition.

As an industry veteran with over twenty years’ experience of working in credit and risk, Sean will be responsible for ensuring the credit team maintains its high level of underwriting and excellent customer experience delivery, while helping support our ambitions to grow our loan book to over £1bn during 2018. 

Sean joins from Amicus Plc, where he was Group Head of Credit. Prior to this he held senior roles at Harrods Bank, Dollar Financial, Credit Suisse and UBS AG, managing UK and International teams covering property related lending for the residential, commercial and development sectors. 

We’ve doubled our origination volumes over the past 24 months, launching a number of new products as part of our Lifecycle Lending proposition, whilst increasing the size of our team from 40 people in January 2017 to more than 60 today.  

Sean Deacon said:   

“I have been watching Octopus Property from the side-lines and am excited to have joined a market leader which truly understands that the customer experience is the key to business success, and I look forward to working with the business to realise its growth ambitions.”

Sean deacon is appointed as head of Core Credit, to support our ongoing growth through our unique Lifecycle Lending proposition.

As an industry veteran with over twenty years’ experience of working in credit and risk, Sean will be responsible for ensuring the credit team maintains its high level of underwriting and excellent customer experience delivery, while helping support our ambitions to grow our loan book to over £1bn during 2018. 

Sean joins from Amicus Plc, where he was Group Head of Credit. Prior to this he held senior roles at Harrods Bank, Dollar Financial, Credit Suisse and UBS AG, managing UK and International teams covering property related lending for the residential, commercial and development sectors. 

We’ve doubled our origination volumes over the past 24 months, launching a number of new products as part of our Lifecycle Lending proposition, whilst increasing the size of our team from 40 people in January 2017 to more than 60 today.  

Sean Deacon said:   

“I have been watching Octopus Property from the side-lines and am excited to have joined a market leader which truly understands that the customer experience is the key to business success, and I look forward to working with the business to realise its growth ambitions.”

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