#75 Rod Lockhart, CEO of LendInvest PLC

Rod Lockhart CEO of LendInvest PLC.

LSE Listed LendInvest (LINV) is the UK’s leading FinTech platform focussed on mortgages. They offer residential, buy-to-let, short term and development mortgages to intermediaries, landlords, developers and homeowners.

Rod joined LendInvest in 2015 to lead the business’ Capital Markets and Fund Management division. Within that time Rod has overseen LendInvest’s AUM growth from £100m to £3bn+ and managed the launch of its listed Retail bond and RMBS programmes. Rod became CEO of LendInvest in January 2020.

Rod is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in property and property finance. He was previously Senior Director and a board member of the Investment Advisory Committee for CBRE advising UK and global institutional clients managing a range of property and property debt portfolios
I sat down with Rod to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

How he got into real estate
Early career moves
What is - RMBS & CMBS
LendInvest’s product offering
Leveraging technology
The GFC
Opportunities in the market place
Transition to CEO

Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Rod would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal.

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#75 Rod Lockhart, CEO of LendInvest PLC
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