Paragon Bank expands SME lending team

Ollie will be responsible for managing the London and the South East region.

He joins Paragon from White Oak, where he was a BDM, and prior to that worked at Bibby Leasing Limited. He has also held positions at Close Brothers and Renaissance Asset Finance.

Ollie commented: “With previous experience within the market as both a business development manager and a broker, I’m pleased to have joined Paragon and looking forward to working with introducers across London and the South East. These are strong regions for SMEs from across a range of sectors and we are here to support British businesses to grow and achieve their ambitions.”

Head of broker, Ian Galbraith, said: “I’m delighted that Ollie is joining our broker team, covering the London and South East Area. He is highly focussed on delivering an excellent service to our brokers using his strong asset finance experience gained through previous roles in the industry. Ollie will also support the growing success of our introducer portal helping brokers control their proposals and quicker delivery to their customers.”