Checkmate Mortgages has announced the appointment of Jeremy Sillem and Gerald Gregory as non-executive directors.
Checkmate, due to launch in 2009, says the appointment of two experienced financial professionals will help the lender become a major force in the mortgage market. Sillem is managing partner and co-founder of private equity group Spencer House Partners LLP. He has 28 years experience working at Lazard LLC and also served a spell as chairman of Bear Stearns International. Gregory was, until March 2008, a board director at Britannia Building Society and chairman of the society’s non-member subsidiaries. Stephen Knight, executive chairman of Checkmate Mortgages, comments: “The appointment t...
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