Industry insights with Ying Tan

We’ve brought some new voices into the mix who have a wealth of knowledge acquired from within the mortgage market and beyond. These have ranged from new business owners through to best-selling authors, highly successful entrepreneurs, strategists and mentors from diverse cultural and working backgrounds. All with wide-ranging skill sets, opinion and insight.

From the highly positive feedback received, these voices have been heard far and wide. And if you haven’t listened to previous episodes then I urge you to do so.

When it comes to pioneers within the intermediary mortgage market, these don’t come much bigger than our latest podcast guest - mortgage industry stalwart, entrepreneur, author and angel investor - Ying Tan. From pushing a trolley at Asda to embarking upon a business journey that led him from unpaid investment banking intern to become one of the youngest vice presidents at Goldman Sachs, Ying has a fascinating personal story.

During this latest podcast, he shares this journey and his experiences of founding and exiting a highly successful and well-respected business, his personal challenges, his motivations and what the future holds for him and his new ventures.

This captivating discussion also focuses on potential consolidation in the mortgage market, the pace of digital transformation and some enlightening insights into how the industry is prime for further evolution and digitalisation. There’s even an Iron Man analogy to enjoy. Such interviews with industry experts are always entertaining and enlightening and this one certainly fits into that category.

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