Jonathan Kirk returns to Assetz Capital
Assetz Capital has appointed Jonathan Kirk as a relationship director, to grow its business in the North of England.
Kirk previously worked at the peer-to-peer business lender between March 2017 and June 2021 in the same role, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He then moved to a business development manager role at Yorkshire-based small business lender Recognise Bank, before returning to Assetz Capital this month.
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Earlier on in his career, he had held roles at Christie Finance, Aldermore Bank, Lloyds Banking Group and Halifax.
“Assetz Capital welcomes back Jonathan Kirk to the North team,” said Andrew Fraser, regional director for UK North at Assetz Capital, in a LinkedIn post.
“The new appointment will help us towards our client growth ambitions in Yorkshire and beyond. Good to have you back JK.”
Assetz Capital has hired a number of relationship directors in recent months. In January, it hired Paul Williams to cover the Southwest and South Wales and James Evans to operate mainly in the Merseyside and surrounding area in the Northwest.
Last December, Assetz Capital appointed Adam Bluma as a relationship director to its bridging and intermediaries portfolio team and in November, the platform hired four relationship directors to its origination team, Jarrod Latham, Michael Baker, Ciaran McGivern and Ricky Humphreys.