Online mortgage broker Trussle has announced the appointment of two senior hires to the executive board. Veteran banker Simon Williams and product technology executive Supriya Uchill have joined the company as it enters a major expansion phase.
Launched in December 2015, Trussle was founded by Ishaan Malhi – a former city analyst who launched the company after struggling to navigate his own mortgage application. Last year Trussle secured £13.6m of investment led by Goldman Sachs PSI – and has since revealed 3x year-on-year revenue growth with plans to develop new products to make mortgages fairer for consumers.
Over the last 10 years, Simon Williams has been involved with successful Fintech businesses across Silicon Valley and London’s Silicon Roundabout, including LendingClub and Crowdcube. Since Williams’ involvement, Crowdcube has seen huge commercial success and enabled a record £20m crowdfunding round for mobile-only bank, Monzo, in November of last year....