Short-term lender Glenhawk has strengthened its structured real estate team with a senior origination hire.

Glenhawk has appointed Clare Grimes as origination director, structured real estate, marking the first appointment of its kind within the division.

Grimes (pictured) joins from GRE Capital, where she led debt origination, and brings extensive experience in structured real estate finance. She previously spent more than six years at Octopus Capital and is a qualified chartered surveyor.

The appointment reflects the growth of Glenhawk’s structured real estate business and its ambition to expand deployment further, with Grimes tasked with broadening the lender’s reach among brokers and their clients.

In her new role, Grimes will report directly to Chris Daly, managing director, structured real estate at Glenhawk.

Grimes said: “I’m excited to be joining Glenhawk at a pivotal moment in its growth. The team has already established a strong reputation for delivering creative, bespoke solutions for complex and high-value requirements, but what really stood out to me was the ambition to push those standards even further.

“I’m looking forward to contributing to the next phase of Glenhawk’s journey and helping extend our hands-on, commercial approach to more brokers and clients nationwide.”

Daly added: “Clare’s appointment marks a significant milestone for our structured real estate business. As our first origination director, she brings deep market knowledge, strong broker relationships and a proven ability to structure complex transactions at scale.

“Her arrival reflects both the momentum we’ve built to date and our ambition to broaden our reach while continuing to deliver the certainty, creativity and commerciality that brokers and clients expect from Glenhawk.

“I’m delighted to welcome Clare to the team and look forward to working closely with her as we take the platform into its next phase of growth.”