Marie Grundy joins West One Loans




Former V Loans managing director Marie Grundy has been appointed as Sales Director of West One Loans.

Marie joins West One Loans as it reportedly looks to launch a second charge mortgage offering later this year.

Marie brings a wealth of knowledge from 20 years in the mortgage sector. That experience spans both broking and lending, where most recently she spent over nine years with second charge master broker V Loans.

Stephen Wasserman, managing director of West One said: “We’re delighted to have Marie on board, bringing not only her extensive knowledge of the industry, but also deep relationships with brokers and master brokers.

"As a Board member of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries for over three years, Marie is a well recognised and respected figure in the specialist lending industry, and we’re sure she will significantly enhance our business development team, as a continuation of a process we began in 2016.”

Danny Waters, chief executive officer of West One parent, Enra Group, added: “As our Group looks to expand its lending proposition beyond the market-leading position we have in bridging finance, it’s vital we build our sales capability accordingly.

"Marie’s appointment is a major step in that direction and I look forward to her helping us drive our business forward.”

The move comes after West One Loans’ owner ENRA Group secured a new majority stakeholder in November last year.

The investment from Exponent Private Equity was to help fund ENRA’s expansion into the specialist buy-to-let and second charge mortgage market.

In November last year, V Loans pulled out of the second charge and bridging markets as it revealed it would be closing down its business.

Prior to joining V Loans, Marie was a national sales manager at Lehman Brothers and spent four years at second charge lender SPPL.

Marie has been a board member of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries since 2013. 

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