Kuflink appoints Barry Meeks as Independent NED

Kuflink has announced the appointment of Barry Meeks, as Independent Non-Executive Director.

Related topics:  Specialist Lending
Rozi Jones
30th August 2016
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"Kuflink has ambitious growth plans and I am looking forward to offering my knowledge and expertise to help them build a solid base from which they can continue to grow."

Barry Meeks is a Chartered Director and has a career spanning over thirty five years including tenures at Abbey National Building Society, Homeloan Management, Amber Credit and Mutual One, and Pink/BDS Home Loans Group.

In 1989, he became Chief Commercial Officer for The Mortgage Corporation, which offered mortgages direct to the public and through intermediaries.

Between 2009 and 2013 he was COO of a proposed new venture capital funded retail savings and mortgage bank, The Home & Savings Bank.

Bal Thind, Chairman of Kuflink Group, said: “We are delighted to have someone of Barry’s calibre joining us at this time. Kuflink is in the process of becoming a substantial player in the lending market. We have particularly progressive plans for the future as we begin to develop our P2P platform and our whole lending proposition. The need for wise heads with the experience of building businesses, based on good regulatory practice and oversight, is of paramount importance and that is why having Barry on board will give us every advantage.”

Barry Meeks commented: “Kuflink has ambitious growth plans and I am looking forward to offering my knowledge and expertise to help them build a solid base from which they can continue to grow. Short term lending is now part of the larger mainstream market and I am in no doubt that Kuflink will become a leading light in the provision of this increasingly important type of funding.”

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