The Intermediary – March 2026 - Flipbook - Page 100
On the move. . .
MS Lending Group adds Alec Lawrence to sales team
S Lending Group has
expanded its sales team
with the appointment
of Alec Lawrence, who
arket Financial
joins from Market
Solutions (MFS).
wrence brings experience
Lawrence
tionship management
in relationship
and supporting brokers and
he specialist lending
clients in the
et. In his new role, he will
market.
ocus on strengthening
focus
ending Group’s
MS Lending
presence across
orking
London and working
ALEC LAWRENCE
h broker
closely with
M
partners to deliver lending solutions
and service.
On his move to MS Lending Group,
Lawrence said: “I’m delight
delighted to be
joining MS Lending Group aat such
an exciting time ffor the business.
“The team has built a strong
reputation for deli
delivering
flexible lending solutions
and excellent bro
broker support,
and I’m looking fforward to
working wit
with partners
across L
London to
help tthem find the
right outcomes for
ttheir clients.”
ALEC LAWRENCE
Aldermore adds head of
commercial real estate for North
Reward Funding appoints
Nick Smith as CEO
ldermore has appointed
Russell Oliver as head of
commercial real estate for
the North.
Oliver joins Aldermore’s
commercial real estate team with
more than 30 years of experience
across real estate and
acquisition finance.
Most recently,
Oliver held
senior roles at
irgin Money,
Virgin
Santander UK
ether,
and Together,
supporting
complex real estate
RUSSELL OLIVER
transactions.
ed to be
Oliver said: “I’m delighted
h an exciting
joining Aldermore at such
time for the business.
“The Northern real estatee market
continues to demonstratee resilience
and opportunity.
"I look forward to working
cross
with colleagues and clients across
the region to deliver bespoke
funding solutions, build longtionships and support
term relationships
sustainable growth.”
A
R
eward Funding has appointed
Nick Smith as CEO, marking
the next stage in the company’s
growth.
Smith previously served as group
managing director and has spent a
decade with the business. Alongside
taking on the CEO role, he has also
become a shareholder in the company.
Smith said: “Aer a record 2025, this
year is already off to a great start, and I
couldn’t be prouder to be taking on the
CEO role."
“The progress we have made reflects
the strength of our team, the
trust of our introducers
and the resilience of the
businesses we support."
“My job as CEO is
to ensure Reward
continues to scale
responsibly by
delivering the
strong financial
backing our
customers
rely on. In
challenging
times we deliver
funding certainty.”
Lovey appoints
Mario Husha as chief
technology officer
ovey has appointed
Mario Husha as CTO to
strengthen its leadership
team and support its next
phase of growth.
Husha brings more than 15
years’ experience building and
scaling platforms in fintech,
regtech, payroll and embedded
finance, focusing on startup
and growth businesses in
regulated environments. He
was previously CTO at Level
Financial Technology, where
he led engineering and security
and supported expansion into
embedded finance and enterprise
partnerships in the earned wage
access market.
In his new role, Husha will lead
Lovey’s technology strategy and
oversee delivery and data integrity
across its lending platforms.
Husha said: “I’m excited to
help drive Lovey’s continued
growth, with a focus on advancing
our technology, developing
new solutions for SMEs, and
strengthening our platform for
long-term growth.
“Everything we do will be
guided b
by Lovey’s mission to make
business lending simple
simple, fast, and
tailored tto our customers.
“Building ttechnology that
genuinely
enuinely meets cust
customer
needs and k
keeps pace
with mark
et demands
market
has alw
alwayss been a
priority ffor me, and
looking forward
I’m looking
t
too bringing that
t
focus to
Lo
Lovey.”
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