MT Finance has announced the appointment of Chris Patrick to the board as its first ever non-executive director.

Patrick (pictured) has had a long career in the private equity, finance and investment banking world. He was most recently with Anacap, which he joined in 2008. Prior to this he spent 10 years with Lehman Brothers where he was managing director and head of principal finance – European structured products.

He has extensive capital markets experience, in particular structured finance and principal investing, having held senior roles at Credit Suisse, Nomura International and Goldman Sachs, where he began his career.

He has worked with MT Finance before, playing a role in negotiating the management buyout in March, with the-then minority shareholders. Patrick joins MT Finance with a view to assisting in the rollout of its growth plans, with a particular focus on the company’s ESG initiatives, funding strategy and continued investment into technology.

Joshua Elash, director of MT Finance, said: “We have known Chris for a while and are delighted to welcome him to the board of directors. Chris brings energy and experience to the board and is strongly placed to assist us in our goal of becoming the leading provider of specialist property finance in the UK.”

Patrick added: “I am delighted to be joining the board of MT Finance and look forward to helping this award winning, ambitious business achieve its objective of becoming the UK’s leading property finance provider through its focus on creating value for all of its key stakeholders: customers, employees, and the wider society in general.”