Specialist lender Tiuta has bolstered its underwriting team with the appointment of two new members of staff, Nicky Peeling andIan Rennie.

It says the appointments have been made to deal with increased market demand and to maintain service standards.

Rennie joins Tiuta with over 10 years experience in financial services working within both an underwriting and sales capacity. He has previously worked for Halifax where he was underwriting mortgage applications and more recently worked as a mortgage consultant for Countrywide Mortgage Services within the Mann Kent estate agency subsidiary.

Peeling has previously had both business development manager and roving underwriting roles within Preferred Mortgages Commercial First and Link Lending.

George Patellis, CEO at Tiuta, said: “These important additions to our underwriting team reflect both the growth within the business and the strength of the infrastructure within our sales support which is vital when working within the demands of the short term finance arena. We’re delighted to welcome such highly skilled candidates who will help strengthen the speed and efficiency of our existing team even further.”””