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Sarah started her career at Barclays Bank, before moving onto roles at Aldermore Bank, Close Brothers and Praetura Group.

Thompson spent almost two decades in senior roles at NatWest Markets, before joining Starling where he later became CEO of Fleet Mortgages.

Most recently, Simon spent nine years as head of sales at OSB Group, having previously held senior roles spanning lenders, intermediaries and building societies.

There are 148,400 semi-commercial properties in England & Wales, creating a sizeable specialist lending opportunity for brokers.

One in four brokers said they were currently finding it difficult to secure funding for their clients, up from 19% in Q1 and 11% in Q4 2025.

Atom has reduced its loan pricing, offering total discounts of up to 0.70% depending on loan size.

More than half of its credit decisions are now fully automated, allowing its underwriters to focus on more complex applications.

The specialist lender provides short-term property finance and secured funding for UK SMEs.

Swaby moves from his current role as business development manager and will work across the North and Midlands.

The extension comes as higher swap rates increase pressure on commercial mortgage pricing.