Hampshire Trust Bank appoints head of product & proposition

By Bridging Loan Directory 2nd February 2024

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of David Stiff as its head of product & proposition within its specialist mortgages division, a new role for the bank.

David’s financial services expertise has been honed over 20 years leading and developing innovative mortgage products and propositions for the likes of Aldermore, Amicus Commercial and Shawbrook Bank. While at Aldermore and Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, he also held credit, underwriting and customer relationship roles.

As a member of the senior leadership team in specialist mortgages, David’s remit is to lead the charge in product development and innovation within the specialist mortgages proposition with a focus on the end-to-end customer journey, to make the interaction with HTB as easy as possible.

David will also be looking at ways the team can better support existing customers as well as those who are new to the bank, which will see him engaging with brokers and customers as well as his new colleagues across the business.

He will report to Chris Daly, HTB’s managing director, specialist mortgages.

David Stiff, head of product & proposition, specialist mortgages, Hampshire Trust Bank, commented:
“I’m excited to join HTB at a time when there’s a huge commitment to develop the Specialist Mortgage proposition in ways that genuinely supports and helps new and existing customers.

In challenging markets, flexible and creative lenders, like HTB, can support property investors and landlords better, and I can’t wait to start making a difference for brokers and their clients.”

Chris Daly, managing director, specialist mortgages, Hampshire Trust Bank, added:

“We’re delighted to have someone of David’s stature joining us at HTB. He has a proven track record of success developing and leading product and proposition at specialist lenders.

HTB is committed to helping our brokers support their investors and landlord clients, through the delivery of a first-class service, new and innovative products and flexible criteria.

David’s role is pivotal to this and he will strengthen our already market-leading specialist buy-to-let proposition even further.”