Together announces senior business development hires across the UK

Specialist lender Together is growing its team across the country, with a series of new senior appointments.

Danielle Potter, Pall Thorarinsson and Jamie Grimshaw will join the company as business development directors, bolstering the group’s regional teams and increasing its footprint across the UK. All three will report to Sean Williams, head of professional sector at Together.

The group, which has a loan book of over £4.8bn, provides finance for a wide range of customers from large businesses to individual investors and SMEs, seeking to raise capital or acquire property or land.

Danielle Potter will be working across the Manchester and Cheshire region. She has nine years’ experience working in banking, largely across property lending, for Handelsbanken. Danielle is a chartered banker, CeMap qualified and brings a wealth of experience looking after high net-worth property investors around the North West.

Pall Thorarinsson will be based in London, working to increase Together’s footprint across the capital and the South. Pall has worked in banking and financial services for 15 years, previously for Cynergy Bank and ICICI Bank UK, and also holds CFA and IMC qualifications. His experience is across real estate funding, corporate finance and commercial banking.

Jamie Grimshaw is a certified chartered banker with over 23 years’ experience in the financial services industry across the North West. In his previous roles, he specialised in corporate and commercial banking for NatWest group and investment funding with FW Capital via the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Jamie will bring extensive experience of finance in the SME market place, and will be focusing on all aspects of property funding across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Sean Williams said: “We’re incredibly pleased to welcome Danielle, Paul and Jamie to the Together team. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be a huge asset to our company.

“They will help us meet our ambitious growth aspirations by supporting even more individuals, businesses and their advisers with fast and flexible finance, tailored to their needs.”