Alternative Bridging Strengthens the Underwriting Team

The Underwriting team has been strengthened at Alternative Bridging Corporation with the recruitment of Leigh Harwood, who returns to the lender having worked there previously.

Leigh, who has nearly a decade of specialist underwriting experience, previously worked at Alternative Bridging between 2018 and 2020 and has held roles at Streambank, C&M Wealth International, and GE Money.

He will use his underwriting experience and expertise to help build on the bridging loan lender’s strong reputation for providing decisions with speed and certainty, whilst also being able to structure solutions for complex cases.

Leigh Harwood, Underwriter at Alternative Bridging Corporation, says: “I’m delighted to return to Alternative Bridging and the excellent Underwriting team here. My time at the business previously was unfortunately cut short due to the Covid pandemic, but Alternative Bridging has always stood out from the crowd, based on its reputation for making complex cases straightforward, its depth of property expertise and its innovative products. It’s good to be back!”

Claire O’Brien, Head of Underwriting at Alternative Bridging Corporation, says: “A specialist property lender can only ever be as strong as its Underwriting team and, at Alternative Bridging, I think we have one of the strongest in the industry. Leigh is a great addition to the underwriting team and will add lots of value to our brokers and their clients.”

We are very proud to have strengthened our underwriting team further.   Service is always at the very top of our agenda. We always review each case individually and our short chain of command enables us to make decisions quickly for our brokers and clients.  We strive to ensure they get the funding they require quickly, and with minimal stress. Making complex financial products easy to utilise and access within the shortest timeframes is something we pride ourselves on.