West One has made four new key appointments across its Short-term Division, which comprises Bridging and Development Finance.
In Development Finance, Shaheel Tulsidas has joined as Development Finance Lending Director, and Sam Tibbins as Senior Portfolio Manager. In Bridging Finance, Christian Gugolz has joined as Regional Account Manager, and Abul Niloy as Telephone Business Development Manager.
These strategic appointments reflect specialist lender West One Loans' commitment to strengthening its development finance proposition and solidifying its bridging activity in key areas.
Shaheel brings over 10 years of extensive financial services experience to West One Loans. In his most recent role at Invest & Fund, where he served for nearly seven years, he was Director of Development Finance. There, he led funding initiatives through existing lender networks and drove new business growth to expand residential property lending in the alternative finance sector, while building strategic relationships with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors.
The Development team also welcomes Sam Tibbins, who joins as Senior Portfolio Manager. Sam has almost a decade’s worth of experience in property finance and was Associate Director of Origination at Shojin Property Partners for four years before joining West One.
Christian Gugolz joins the bridging loan team as Regional Account Manager for Region 1 (comprising London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire). He brings extensive business development expertise in the financial services sector to West One Loans, having most recently served as Head of Sales at Albatross Lending Group and spent nearly eight years at MT Finance progressing to Senior Business Development Manager.
Abul joins from Charleston Financial Services, where he served for over two years, delivering satisfaction and support to a wide range of borrowers.
The enhanced expertise within the bridging and development finance teams will drive growth in the division, while enabling the specialist non-bank lender to accelerate deal origination and improve client service delivery.
Jez Quinn, Head of Sales – Short Term Finance, says, “Q3 has started exceptionally strongly and the appointments of both Christian and Abul to our team are a statement of intent as we cement our place as the go-to lender in bridging finance. Both bring extensive experience, and I can’t wait for them to get started.”
Guy Murray, Co-head of Short-Term Finance at West One adds, “Shaheel has evidenced his ability to build strategic funding relationships and scale operations at the highest level, while Sam’s investment knowledge gives us a strong competitive advantage. Their appointments strengthen West One's ability to serve brokers who need fast execution on time-critical development projects.”
