Since leaving the army he has worked in several roles including 4½ years with Bain & Company in London, advising a number of multinational companies across financial services, utilities, business information, health and education.
Prior to Funding Circle, Alexander began his career at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before going on to serve 7 years as a commissioned officer in the Royal Green Jackets/The Rifles. He has also had spells leading the Marketing, Brand and Operations teams in the UK and Europe. Alexander joined Funding Circle in early 2018 as UK Strategy Director, before also taking on the roles of Commercial Director and then also Change Director with responsibility for driving commercial performance across the UK business, setting strategic plans, developing and launching new product propositions and managing programme delivery. In addition, she has worked for NGOs in Tanzania and India.Īlexander leads the UK business and is responsible for the strategic direction and overall performance of Funding Circle in the UK.
She has advised national and multinational companies, from a variety of industries, on strategic and operational initiatives covering growth, new product development, reorganisation and transformation, amongst others. Prior to Funding Circle Lisa worked as a consultant, both independently and for the Boston Consulting Group. She led a number of fundraisers for the business and was part of the core team behind Funding Circle’s admission to the London Stock Exchange in 2018. She led Funding Circle’s entry into the US and Continental Europe through acquisition. She has also previously held the role of Chief Strategy Officer, where she was responsible for developing and launching new product propositions and incubating new business areas. Lisa joined Funding Circle in 2012 and was previously UK Managing Director, responsible for the overall strategic direction and day‑to‑day operation of Funding Circle UK. She is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US. The business lender stopped offering the RLS in mid-May.Lisa is CEO of Funding Circle.
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The lending platform has also retooled its commission scheme, and is now offering full commission to its brokers, as a thank you for all of their hard work referring more business borrowers to the platform.įunding Circle was one of the few P2P lending platforms to win authorisation to offer the bounce back loan scheme and the coronavirus business interruption loan scheme, as well as its successor the RLS. “This is great news for our customers as they now have the option of short term credit, which reduces the overall cost of borrowing,” Funding Circle said. Read more: Weather the inflationary storm with a P2P investment in propertyīorrowers will also be able to apply for shorter loan terms, of six or 12 months, rather than the previous minimum of two years. However, Funding Circle will now allow business owners to apply for loans of up to 60 per cent of their annual turnover. Under the government loan schemes, businesses were limited to loans with a value of no more than 25 per cent of their turnover. The business lender has been focused on offering government-backed lending schemes since the start of the pandemic, but with the recovery loan scheme (RLS) ending, it has updated its business lending terms “so that small businesses can still access the fast, hassle-free finance they need”. Former peer-to-peer lending giant Funding Circle has updated its business loan offering by increasing loan amounts, offering shorter repayment terms, and raising commission for introducers.
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