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IanMiller-Hawes
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Ian has 14 years' experience in sales, including as Head of Sales at MFS and as New Business Manager at Castle Trust and as the sales Team Leader at Fleet Mortgages.

Ian’s role is to give introducers absolute clarity in what Aspen can do and to help guide cases to a successful outcome.

Ian Miller-Hawes Sales Director
Mobile: 07708 486 587
SteveGregory
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Steve is Aspen’s Southern Business Development Manager with over 10 years sales experience, including over 5 years at Castle Trust Bank.

Steve’s helps to promote Aspen to both new and existing brokers and ensure they have a good understanding of our products.

Steve Gregory Business Development Manager
Mobile: 07716 098 079
MikeAllen
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Mike joins Aspen with a decade of experience in the Property finance sector. He excelled at Brightstar, contributing to their award-winning Short-Term lending team, and most recently found success as an Internal BDM for Octane Capital.

Now, as an External BDM for Aspen, Mike is dedicated to building strong broker relationships & offering support regarding Aspen products and processes. Mike is looking forward to having a positive impact on those he works with.

Mike Allen Business Development Manager
Mobile: 07513 480 392
SaifKhalique
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Saif embarked on his journey with us as a Graduate Underwriter, demonstrating exceptional skills and dedication. Today, he proudly serves as the Head of Underwriting, overseeing our dynamic underwriting team and refining our meticulous process.

Saif Khalique Head of Underwriting
Mobile: 07922 577 541
LauraRandall
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Laura came to us after 6 years in the Warwickshire Police with a BSc in Psychology from Aston university.

Laura is an experienced underwriter with a specialism in foreign national cases.

Laura Randall Senior Underwriter
Mobile: 07708 487 674
RichardTweddell
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Richard joined Aspen after completing his BA (Hons) in Financial Management from the University of Portsmouth. He brings with him a strong background in property finance and refurbishment.

Richard is one of our most proactive underwriters and has managed several of our larger works cases.

Richard Tweddell Underwriting Manager
Mobile: 07716 098 076
WasifKhan
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Wasif Khan Underwriter
Mobile: 07561 867 216
FinlayYilmaz
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Finlay joined Aspen after completing his BSc (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Management at Loughborough University.

He is currently undergoing our full comprehensive training program to equip him with the relevant skills required for the Underwriter role.

Finlay Yilmaz Underwriter
Mobile: 07935 355 419
GeorgeLeonard
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George joined Aspen after completing his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Bristol.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our lending team.

George Leonard Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07935 355 420
SineadMcMurray
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Sinead has joined Aspen with a BSc in Business Economics at Coventry University.

She is currently one of our credit analysts and has an excellent knowledge of property risk.

Sinead McMurray Credit Manager
Mobile: 07701 398 599
RichardCoombs
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Richard joined with a degree in Economic & Politics from Bristol university after working in Fin Tech.

He brings personal experience of development and is part of both the underwriting and credit team.

Richard is in the 4th generation of Coombs’ to work at S&U and is excited about helping Aspen become an ever more significant part of the group.

Richard Coombs Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07515 876 963
TobyLong
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Toby joined Aspen after completing his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Bristol having achieved a First.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our underwriting team.

Toby Long Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07701 277 121
DanielTame
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Daniel joined Aspen after completing his BSc in Accounting and Finance at the University of Coventry having achieved a First.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our underwriting team.

Daniel Tame Underwriter
Mobile: 07548 774 127
SameerYakub
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Sameer joined Aspen with a BSc in Finance and Economics from the University of Melbourne.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our underwriting team.

Sameer Yakub Underwriter
Mobile: 07701 276 591
WayneHicklin
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Wayne is an invaluable founding member of the Aspen team and has over 25 years’ experience in the specialist finance industry both as a broker at GE and Promise and now as a lender at Aspen.

In addition, Wayne has excellent experience in development projects and has self- built and refurbished a range of properties and is the key driver of our new light development product.

Wayne Hicklin Risk Director
Mobile: 07712 431 134
StephenHickman
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Stephen has over 25 years’ experience in the specialist finance industry in brokers and lenders at GE Money and One Savings Bank. At One Savings Bank he was nominated for underwriter of the year in 2018 at the Bridging and Commercial and Crystal Finance Awards.

Stephen is now a Senior Risk assessor at Aspen. In addition, Stephen has experience of his own personal heavy refurbishment development project and also helped build a house in South Africa with the charity Habitat for Humanity.

Stephen Hickman Senior Risk Assessor
Mobile: 07701 398 601
Kyle Taylor
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Kyle joined in 2024 as Recoveries Manager. He has over 10 years experience in specialist finance recoveries and has dealt with a number of complex litigation cases. Kyle’s role is to manage the recoveries function and work with borrowers to bring results.

Kyle Taylor Recoveries Manager
Mobile: 07549 211 342
AmirYasin
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Amir joins Aspen with a first-class law degree from Aston University and 2 years working as a Litigation Executive in a leading law firm.

Amir undertakes numerous site visits to appraise lending proposals, while engaging with key stakeholders throughout the life cycle of the loan.

Amir Ali Risk Assessor
Mobile: 07783 771 078
DaSuyotha
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Da has joined Aspen after completing her Masters degree at the University of Derby.

She has completed our training within our lending team and is currently undertaking our full training program within our Risk and Recoveries team.

Da Suyotha Risk Assessor
Mobile: 07561 867 218
AqibIqbal
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Aqib has joined Aspen after completing his LPC & MSc in Law, Business and Management from The University of Law. Prior to this, he obtained an LLB from Keele University and has a background in property refurbishment and investment.

Aqib Iqbal Credit Manager
Mobile: 07783 770 390
SineadMcMurray
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Sinead has joined Aspen with a BSc in Business Economics at Coventry University.

She is currently one of our credit analysts and has an excellent knowledge of property risk.

Sinead McMurray Senior Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07701 398 599
RichardCoombs
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Richard joined with a degree in Economic & Politics from Bristol university after working in Fin Tech.

He brings personal experience of development and is part of both the underwriting and credit team.

Richard is in the 4th generation of Coombs’ to work at S&U and is excited about helping Aspen become an ever more significant part of the group.

Richard Coombs Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07515 876 963
GeorgeLeonard
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George joined Aspen after completing his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Bristol.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our lending team.

George Leonard Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07935 355 420
TobyLong
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Toby joined Aspen after completing his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Bristol having achieved a First.

He is currently undertaking our full training program within our underwriting team.

Toby Long Credit Analyst
Mobile: 07701 277 121
EdAhrens
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Ed co-founded Aspen in 2017 and prior to that has 30 years’ experience within speciality finance with up to £20 bln under management.

This included Director roles at Vanquis Bank, Head of Operations at Barclays Bank and being part of the founding team of Abbey National Direct.

Ed Ahrens CEO
JackCoombs
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Jack co-founded Aspen in 2017 after working alongside Ed as Group Development Executive at S&U and prior to was part of the PwC Valuations. Jack holds an MA (Oxon) and is ACA qualified.

Jack is also an avid supporter of charity and swam the Channel from England to France in 2011 in 13 hrs and 46 mins to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research & Mondo Challenge.

Jack Coombs Managing Director
WayneHicklin
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Wayne is an invaluable founding member of the Aspen team and has over 25 years’ experience in the specialist finance industry both as a broker at GE and Promise and now as a lender at Aspen.

In addition, Wayne has excellent experience in development projects and has self- built and refurbished a range of properties and is the key driver of our new light development product.

Wayne Hicklin Risk Director
IanMiller-Hawes
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Ian has 14 years' experience in sales, including as Head of Sales at MFS and as New Business Manager at Castle Trust and as the sales Team Leader at Fleet Mortgages.

Ian’s role is to give introducers absolute clarity in what Aspen can do and to help guide cases to a successful outcome.

Ian Miller-Hawes Sales Director
PhilBarber
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Phil has joined Aspen after working for 9 years as a financial accountant. He holds a BA in Accounting & Finance and is ACCA qualified.

He is responsible for the accounts and day-to-day running of the Aspen finances. Although a new industry for him, he is enjoying learning about the specifics of the bridging market and is keen to apply his knowledge to help Aspen grow.

Phil Barber Finance Manager
PoonamShubh
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Poonam has a great background in Finance and is a key member of the Aspen payouts team.

Poonam is responsible for processing invoices, payroll and assisting with accounts and data required for audit.

Poonam Shubh Finance Assistant
Rafiur Rahman
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Rafiur has joined Aspen with a few years of experience in the Finance industry. He holds a BA in Accounting and Finance, having achieve a first class degree and is currently studying to become ACCA qualified with only 3 exams left.

Rafiur is responsible for the preparation of the accounts. He is always looking to improve processes where possible, having done so in his previous roles.

Rafiur Rahman Assistant Management Accountant
Mike Lewis
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Mike is experienced in the management of IT functions, from multi-site manufacturing Plc to client service lead software development environments. He is fully committed to providing end users with the best tools to perform their function.

Mike is a full stack software developer, in many software environments. He has a track record in database design, data analysis and building accessible interfaces for client projects.

Mike Lewis IT Manager
JonCaddy
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Jonathan is a motivated, driven Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience on large scale software systems and with particular VB.net experience.

Jonathan takes pride in and responsibility for his work with the aim to always exceed standards.

Jonathan Caddy Senior Developer
EvanSimpson
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Evan has a worked in IT for many years covering a number of roles and has strong skills in coding and the creation of specifications.

Evan contributes to several areas of Aspens systems development including Reporting, Case Management & Broker interface.

Evan Simpson Developer
Arjan Lal
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Arjan is a software engineer with over seven years of professional experience working predominantly with .NET and SQL and has a proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Arjan is committed to translating high level business processes and specifications into user-friendly applications.

Arjan Lal Developer

If you do have any enquiries please do get in touch with us.

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