We are pleased to announce the recruitment of Howard Sefton as an Investment Director at Ingenious Real Estate.  Howard brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the team and will support our ambitions to materially expand our loan book and market share.

Howard joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was working in the European Real Estate Credit Team. Prior to that Howard worked with RBS for 9 years as a specialist within various Real Estate finance roles.

Tom Brown, Head of Real Estate Finance said “We are delighted that Howard is joining at a time where we are increasing our product range, volumes and support to the market.  His experience across all sectors will be of great benefit to our customers and professional partners”

Howard said “I am delighted to join Ingenious, who are an independent and creative Lender, who can find solutions for customers at a time where Real Estate Finance products are in high demand across the market”

Our new and updated product range can be found here and we are actively seeking opportunities across all of these asset classes.  We would be delighted to discuss your deal on 020 7319 4253.

Ingenious Real Estate, a division of Ingenious, is delighted to announce the appointment of Peritus Corporate Finance as a new commercial partner for its real estate lending business.

As part of the arrangement, Dean Brown will join Peritus as Head of Origination and will work closely with Ingenious on a range of initiatives, particularly on the continued expansion of Ingenious’ residential lending platform.

Neil Forster, Ingenious CEO, commented: “This new partnership represents another important step by Ingenious in expanding our real estate activities. We have been impressed by Peritus’ vision and deal-making skills and look forward to working with Dean and the rest of the team in what promises to be an exciting year.”

Peritus brings an experienced team of 14 people covering a range of real estate advisory and origination services. In 2015, Peritus completed transactions worth over £450 million and expects to significantly increase activities in 2016.

Ingenious Real Estate invests in and arranges finance for real estate projects across a range of strategies through direct acquisitions, joint ventures, co-investment and managed funds. Its investment and operating philosophy focuses on non-mainstream opportunities with the potential to deliver particularly attractive risk-adjusted returns through expert execution and management.