MT Finance has appointed Ben Lawrence as its new chief financial officer.

Lawrence (pictured) joins the lender from KPMG’s corporate finance team, where he specialised in advising clients on a range of M&A transactions across the financial services sector.

He said: “I am delighted to be joining the team at MT Finance. The business is renowned for its first-class customer proposition, underpinned by the latest technology, high quality customer service and speed of execution.

“I look forward to helping Joshua Elash, Tomer Aboody and the rest of the management team achieve their goal of making MT Finance the leading property finance provider in the UK.”

Joshua Elash, founding director of MT Finance, added: “Ben is an exciting new recruit for the MT Finance Group and has been brought in to add immediate quality to the finance team. He will help further drive our push towards becoming a leading financial institution in the UK.”