Duncan founded TAB in February 2018 when he realised there was a gap in the market for specialised lending. He has over 20 years of experience in the property market. When he's not analysing risks, problem-solving, planning for the future, and keeping the wheels of TAB moving, you can find him on the football pitch with his children and rock climbing or playing golf. He has regular piano lessons, enjoys spending time with his family and friends, and is an eager skier.

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Kobi joined TAB in July 2020. As part of the management team, his role at TAB involves optimising performance across the business, by providing support, strategic planning and advice. He is responsible for ensuring effective processes and systems and part of the wider strategic decisions for TAB. Kobi previously founded a fintech company that enables fractional equity and debt investment into UK property and he is also a qualified solicitor. His weekends involve waking up too early, playing princess or pirate games, and occasionally treading on lego. During the winter holidays, you can find Kobi snowboarding down one of the French Alps.

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Mathura joined TAB in June 2019 as the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Before that, she was a partner at Philip Ross Solicitors for over 12 years where she managed a team of five solicitors and secured work from a number of real estate developers. She has over 20 years experience in property law to include real estate, secured lending, bridging finance and acting for developers. Her current role within the senior management team involved loan management, legals, underwriting and sign off. She spends much of her free time chauffeuring for her children.

Eli joined TAB in October 2020 and has over ten years of experience as a property developer. He has successfully developed over £60m worth of residential, commercial and retail property in and around London. Before moving into property development, Eli worked at JP Morgan within the credit derivatives department. His role at TAB involves the analysis, approval and monitoring of development loans from origination right the way through to redemption. Eli’s weekends are all about sports, staying active and family time. When he’s not managing one of his children’s football teams, he can be found running, cycling, or tuning into the latest football score.

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Tom joined TAB in October 2020 and is responsible for managing the financial actions of the company, tracking cash flow, financial planning, identifying financial strength and weakness, as well as managing external relationships. He is also involved in the strategy side of the business, as well as corporate governance. Tom has a wealth of experience and has held several finance and accounting roles across various industries. Most recently, he was the finance director at an FCA regulated asset manager having spent several years as a financial services auditor at EY. Tom has a young family and a pilot’s license. On the weekends, you can find him at a soft play, the zoo, or over the skies of the UK.

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Nick joined TAB in October 2019. His role includes generating new business, building and maintaining new and existing relationships with borrowers, brokers and valuers. He also manages the sales team and ensures they hit their targets. He enjoys watching sports, particularly Spurs, who are his favourite football team, and College Football is a guilty pleasure.

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Jason Shead joined TAB in October 2022 from a specialist finance provider in the UK where for the last eight years he was head of credit. He was a key stakeholder and led the launch of their regulated residential bridging product. Having spent over 22 years in financial services across all secured lending sectors he brings with him substantial experience in credit, risk and compliance.

As CRO at TAB, he assesses and mitigates any risk to the business. He works with all teams ensuring operations are compliant with regulatory and policy requirements. He oversees the credit process as well as maintaining procedures and policies, including the introduction of new ones in accordance with business growth and product expansion. On the weekend he likes to run and cycle to maintain his fitness and also spends time with his family and friends. 

Katrina joined TAB in October 2020. Her role at TAB includes creating, developing, and delivering the marketing strategy across all aspects of the business. Her role is focused around providing customers with a best in class experience. She has previously worked in the marketing departments for an alternative finance company in the UK property market and before that the UK’s largest architectural practice. She enjoys hosting and attending dinner parties and when she’s not thinking of the next dish to cook, she is usually on a spin bike.

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Danny joined TAB in May 2019. Previously, he led the internal sales team and was a business development manager for a bridging loan firm. Before that, he was a manager for another specialist lending firm where he also learnt to underwrite. He has close to ten years of specialist finance experience and has covered topics such as underwriting, sales, regulation, policy and risk. His role at TAB is to manage the underwriting team who review and process the applications from borrowers. Danny ensures that the loans TAB lends against are fully reviewed and that TAB is making the right lending decisions. In his spare time, Danny enjoys exercising in the gym, good food and drinks with friends, travelling, relaxing fishing or getting competitive with online gaming.

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Mark joined TAB in July 2020 and has previously worked in a wide range of different sectors including tourism, media and finance. At TAB, his role involves developing the new TAB technology platform which will enhance the business offering by allowing funders to sign up and pledge for new loans directly within the platform. Mark enjoys sailing, running and listening to music as well as spending time with his family and friends.

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Dani joined TAB in July 2022 as our investment director. He will be responsible for TAB Property including sourcing and appraising deals, as well as developing its investment strategy and reporting to the investors. His previous experience in the industry includes three years as head of underwriting and portfolio management, and project manager for a property developer, delivering schemes between seven and 48 units. When he's not in the office, you can find him spending time with his family going uphill and downhill either hiking or skiing, or learning about nature and history by watching documentaries.

Karen joined TAB in January 2022. Her role entails forging relationships with existing and new investors, and understanding their needs and wants to ensure we can offer them loan investments that fit their profile. Prior to TAB, Karen worked with institutional investors across Europe to deliver investment intelligence and connect them to asset managers. On the weekends, you can find Karen teaching LesMills BodyPump classes at gyms across London.

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David Jackson joined TAB as a business development manager specialises in developing relationships with brokers and key accounts as well as assisting TAB in its lending goals by originating new lending opportunities in northern England. Prior to TAB, Dave was a director of his own mortgage and commercial finance brokerage and has experience as a business development manager for both specialist and mainstream lenders. In his spare time, Dave enjoys watching Grimsby Town Football Club thanks to his season ticket, walking the dog, meeting up with family and friends or watching the latest box set.

Sam joined TAB in August 2021 as a lending associate. Prior to TAB, he was responsible for originating loans to support the acquisition and development of residential projects for an established development finance lender. His role at TAB includes developing and maintaining relationships and ensuring clients are provided with the right lending solutions that are structured to their individual requirements. On the weekend, Sam can be found either at the gym, learning Jiu Jitsu or, if the weather permits, he's outdoors.

Emmanuel joined in March 2021. Before TAB, he was a senior underwriter at Market Financial Solutions. His role at TAB involves underwriting loans which include the analysis of new loan applications from the information submitted and assessing the risks involved with each loan. Emmanuel regularly liaises with brokers and borrowers, surveyors and solicitors to research and gather all information required to undertake TAB's due diligence. On the weekend he spends time with his family, watches football, attends church and sneaks in a few episodes of Murder She Wrote.

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Faith joined TAB at the start of 2022 as an underwriter. Her role involves underwriting new loan applications in line with TAB's lending policies, liaising with brokers, solicitors and surveyors to research and gather all the information required to undertake due diligence and ensuring high quality service levels and constant risk assessment of each case as it develops. Previously she was an underwriter at Alternative Bridging Corporation. Outside of the office, you can find Faith watching or playing football, out and about trying out the latest London restaurants or relaxing in front of the telly watching the latest Netflix series.

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Imogen joined TAB in February 2021 as a group accountant and previously held roles in the finance departments in the warehouse and logistics industry. Imogen is responsible for keeping and interpreting financial records. Her role includes a wide range of finance-related tasks for the business, from consolidating, reporting and forecasting to ensuring the reporting standards are financially compliant. She enjoys pilates and spends her weekend with her family.

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Hannah joined TAB in September 2021 as an assistant group accountant. Her role includes assisting the finance team across the finance function and daily operation and responsibilities. She undertakes tasks such as record keeping, reconciling accounts, budgeting, and assessing financial reports. Previously she worked in various finance positions but mainly in logistics where she was a finance analyst. She specifically worked on the start up phase of a new customer fulfilment centre for Waitrose grocery home deliveries. In her spare time, when she's not catching up on the latest TV series, Hannah can be found exploring somewhere new, walking or mountain biking (her most recent hobby, which she's getting to grips with)!

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Kevin joined TAB in July 2020 as a senior software engineer. Previously Kevin used to work in the technology team for a digital marketing company that managed the majority of the LED digital billboards around the UK. His responsibilities at TAB include designing user interactions on websites, developing servers and databases for website functionality, and coding for mobile platforms. On the weekends, you can find him working on his wife's food blog.

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Sagar joined TAB in July 2021 as a software engineer. Prior to this, he was a full stack developer at a digital agency who had a content management software, e-commerce and stock management control product offering. He studied computer science at university where he held several part time developer, customer assistant and sales roles. His role at TAB involves developing engineering new features for TABHQ, evolving existing features to further automate internal and external processes, monitoring TAB’s technology infrastructure and making essential enhancements to the user experience and overall capabilities of the platform. An avid classic car and watch fan, he's often surfing the web for the latest updates as well as socialising with friends, building software and visiting national parks.

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Umang joined TAB in June 2022 as the accounts assistant. His role at TAB includes supporting the timely and accurate delivery of the monthly and annual financial statements as well as handling invoices, daily cashbook reconciliations, TAB Lending and TAB Property investor statements and investor interest payments. Prior to TAB, he was working in the procurement team for a large retailer. On the weekends Umang enjoys exploring new cities and keeping the mind and body healthy by staying active.

Laura joined TAB in July 2022. Her role at as a marketing executive is to manage the content creation and TAB's social media platforms. She has previously worked in the marketing department for an SME support service, in the healthcare industry, and in toy manufacturing and retail where she enjoyed working with puppets and other educational toys. She enjoys geeking out on movie trivia, spending time with her family and young nephews, and thinking of what colour to change her hair to next.

After spending five years working in the film industry as the main point of contact for productions and crews, Samantha joined TAB as servicing and collections assistant in April 2022. Her role includes implementing servicing and collections policies, collections manuals and procedures, monitoring loan conditions, completing post loan completion tasks and managing redemptions and defaults. Samantha's organisation and communication skills enable her to manage the ever growing loan book, communicate with borrowers, liaise with solicitors and instruct receivers when required. In her spare time, you can find her completing mechanical works on her car, or spending time with friends and family.

Kelly joined TAB in September 2018. Previously she was an office manager at a personalised jewellery manufacturer. Kelly is the source of information and the customer service function for funders. She also provides the office with general technical support. Kelly has four children, and after she has caught up on much-needed sleep and reading up on what’s coming soon in the technology world, she is busy ferrying them around to playdates.

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Jordan joined TAB in November 2020. His role of lending administrator is to provide essential support to the sales and underwriting team and process. He is responsible for providing daily loan operational support as well as writing and distributing term sheets to borrowers, instructing valuations and ensuring information relating to borrowers and their loans is up to date and accurately recorded on TAB systems. Before joining TAB, Jordan was general manager of a mobile phone retail outlet where he managed a team of five staff. Jordan enjoys time with his family, playing PC games and getting stuck into a gripping TV series.

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After studying mechanical engineering at West Herts College Yohann joined the sales team at TAB in January 2022 as a lending administrator. Yohann’s role at TAB involves assisting the entire sales team and providing value wherever possible. Yohann helps the team identify new business channels and opportunities for growth, creates terms and assists with loan applications for each case. He arranges appointments for the business development managers and support them with sales pitches at meetings and creates and develops key relationships with brokers and borrowers. Yohann will be assisting in all areas of the sales funnel from loan application to completion. On the weekend you can find him either at the gym, catching up on sleep, or out with his friends.

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