Loans Warehouse announces expansion plans with 11 new hires

Loans Warehouse has significantly strengthened its team, recruiting 11 new employees in the last six weeks across key areas of the business, with two additional hires planned before the end of the year.

This expansion has been spearheaded by the appointment of Lesley White as Loans Warehouse’s first full-time head of HR and recruitment.

Internally, the business has also invested in leadership, promoting Simon Ross to head of underwriting, where he will oversee a new streamlined underwriting system to improve efficiencies and customer service, and Sarah Walters to head of internal sales, where she manages the mortgage advisers’ team.

Loans Warehouse says the changes create a stronger leadership structure, allowing co-founders Matt Tristram and Sam Busfield to take a more strategic role, focusing on partnerships, product innovation, and business expansion. 

The second charge market is showing strong growth. In July 2025, new business lending reached £201 million, breaking the £200 million barrier for the first time since the credit crunch nearly two decades ago, with 12-month figures up 24% year-on-year.

Matt Tristram, co-founder and director at Loans Warehouse, said: "We are investing in people, leadership, technology and infrastructure now so that when 2026 arrives, we can capitalise on market momentum and deliver even more for our clients and partners.”