Cohort Capital appoints Alex Alexandrou as Head of Sales

By Bridging Loan Directory 29th September 2025

Cohort Capital has appointed Alex Alexandrou as Head of Sales – Residential Lending, in a move to strengthen its position in the smaller residential loan market alongside its established prime and commercial products.

Alex will lead sales for ResiOne, Cohort’s residential product for transactions from £1m to £10m+, providing fast and flexible funding for refinancing, debt consolidation, acquisitions, equity release and other time-sensitive requirements.

His role will focus on expanding Cohort’s sales infrastructure, building deeper intermediary relationships, and generating new deal flow across the full product suite, including ResiPrime and Commercial lending.

Alex brings more than 13 years of property finance and financial services experience.

He joins from Octopus Real Estate, where he spent nine years and most recently served as Head of Residential Sales, overseeing a team of eight business development managers.

During his tenure, he helped deliver around 400 loans per year across bridging finance, buy-to-let and refurbishment finance, with a strong emphasis on residential, HMO and semi-commercial markets.

Alex Alexandrou said:

“I’m delighted to be joining Cohort at such an exciting stage. Cohort’s focus on flexible, tailored funding aligns perfectly with my experience in building residential lending propositions that genuinely support brokers and their clients.

I look forward to leveraging my network and expertise to grow the loan book further, with ResiOne leading the way and complementing the wider product suite.”

Matthew Thame, Founder of Cohort Capital, added:

“Alex’s appointment comes at a pivotal time as we expand further into the smaller residential loan market.

His track record at Octopus Real Estate, where he successfully scaled operations across multiple sectors, makes him ideally placed to build on the strength of our loan book.

With significant capital ready to deploy and growing demand for flexible residential finance, Alex’s expertise will be instrumental in supporting the next stage of our growth.”