United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Liam Lawlor as its sales director – structured property finance, building on a record year for the division.
Lawlor (pictured) has worked in financial services for almost two decades, holding senior positions across various lenders including Octopus Real Estate, Octane Capital and Metro Bank. He was most recently at Maslow Capital as senior director – short term finance.
He will report to Alex Tyrrwhit, director – structured property solutions, and his main responsibilities will be to develop the structured property finance sales team, promote the bank’s services and solutions for commercial and residential real estate investors.
UTB aims for the division to structure high value real estate solutions valued at £2.5m and higher across complex bridging, investment and property improvement projects.
Lawlor joins the lender following a record month and year for completions within its structured property finance division. Last year, the team completed £78m of loans, a record performance for the division. This contributed to a lending total of more than £300m, a new record.
Tyrwhitt said: “Liam is an experienced real estate finance professional, and I am excited to welcome him to the UTB team. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Liam at Octane and he fully deserves the fantastic reputation he’s established in the real estate finance industry.
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“He is deeply knowledgeable and totally committed to delivering bespoke funding solutions quickly and with unrivalled service. He is an excellent addition to the team and I am sure he will help us to achieve even greater success in 2026.”
Lawlor added: “UTB’s structured property solutions division has grown rapidly and I’m looking forward to working with Alex and the team as we maintain that momentum and position UTB as the go-to structured property finance lender for larger and more complex funding requirements.
“My aim is to build on the team’s record-breaking performance last year, further develop our relationships with brokers, debt advisories and investors and ensure we push the bar even higher for years to come.”
