Assetz Capital Appoints New Director to Oversee South Wales Expansion

One of the UK’s fastest growing Peer-to-Peer platforms brings in former Handelsbanken Branch Manager and Barclays Business Development Director, Mark Standley, to oversee South Wales operations

Assetz Capital announced its expansion plans for South Wales under the guidance of recent hire Mark Standley.

Prior to his roles as a Branch Manager at Handelsbanken Cardiff and Bridgend, Mark was with Barclays leading a mid and large corporate business development team across South Wales.  With extensive experience in property investment, development, and supporting international and trading organisations of all sizes, he is well placed to add real value alongside a funding relationship with Assetz Capital.

Stuart Law, CEO of Assetz Capital commented, “At Assetz Capital a key focus for 2017 and beyond revolves around us having a strong Regional Relationship Director network. This allows us to offer truly tailored assistance to any business, no matter where in the UK they operate. Mark’s experience and knowledge of the South Wales region will allow us to grow our presence in the area and will no doubt contribute to 2017 being our most successful year ever.”

Mark Standley said, “With over 20 years’ experience in helping South Wales corporates to achieve their potential, I fully appreciate the difficulties they can face when looking to acquire funding, and I believe that Assetz Capital is the best placed alternative lender to help.  I have been delighted with the commerciality that I have found within the business, a true ‘can do’ culture which empowers me to make a real difference for business across South Wales.”

Founded in 2013, Assetz Capital is now the fifth largest P2P platform in Europe, and one of the fastest growing in the market. It is one of only two Defaqto “5 Star” rated P2P platforms, and also recently announced that its investors have earned a gross interest of more than £20m since launch in 2013, and over £108m was lent to British SMEs in 2016.

Assetz Capital has become known for its secured lending model where every loan is backed with property, and/or other realisable security in order to reduce the risk of actual loss for investors. As a result, the company has one of the lowest loss rates in the market. Currently there is over £500 million available and ready to lend to credit-worthy SMEs through the platform.