Daniel — who has 10 years of experience working across residential and commercial property — joins from JK Props UK, where he was a project manager, while Morgan has been recruited from GKR London Property Recruitment, where he was a recruitment consultant.

The appointments will help the P2P property lending platform better serve its clients, foster new borrower relationships and enhance its due diligence capability for its lenders.

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“We are delighted to welcome Daniel and Morgan to our growing lending team,” said Yann Murciano, CEO at Blend Network.

“They both have a breadth and depth of experience across real estate sectors, as well as extensive sales and business development expertise, which will significantly help us scale our deal pipeline.

“Their appointment will help us accelerate the acquisition of new borrowers as well as enhance our origination capabilities to service existing customers on the platform.”

Blend Network recently completed the advance of £1.15m in loans for two low-cost housing developments in Norfolk.