About us

As CEO, Steve is responsible for CrowdProperty’s strategy, development and growth. An action-oriented leader, he has operated at Board level in financial services organisations since 2006, including CEO positions at GB Bank and Wesleyan Bank, with specialist experience spanning operations, commercial strategy and transformational change.

Andrew has been MRICS qualified and active in the property industry for over 35 years. He has worked in both private practice and for property companies in London and Birmingham. Andrew has a full understanding of the property development process having personally developed and managed in excess of 5,000,000 sqft of property.

With more than 25 years’ experience working for bank and non-bank market leaders in the SME finance industry, Damon is a highly regarded executive in the alternative finance sector. With previous roles at Swoop, ThinCats and Aldermore Bank, Damon has a breadth of experience in developing FinTech companies.

Steve is a Chartered Accountant and experienced CFO in banking and investment banking, with 25 years’ financial experience in retail and institutional lending environments.

As non-executive Chair of the Board, John brings deep financial services, alternative finance and asset management operating expertise through high growth stages. As CEO of ESF Capital & ThinCats from 2015-2019, John oversaw the acquisition of ThinCats by ESF Capital and subsequently took the business from c.£150m cumulative lending to c.£600m. John’s previous executive experience includes positions at Hermes Investment Management, New Star Asset Management and Morgan Stanley.

With an extensive career spanning more than 40 years in the banking and finance sector, Mark also currently holds the role of Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Distribution Finance Capital Holdings where he chairs three boards including the Risk Committee, Renumeration Committee and Nomination Committee. Mark is highly experienced at providing financial services which empower SME businesses, having served as CEO of Allica Bank, CEO of Harrods Bank and Founding Partner of Aldermore Bank PLC.

Simon has been a property investor and developer since 1995. He founded the ‘Property Investors Network’ in 2003 which holds 50 local property networking meetings across the UK each month in addition to educating thousands of property professionals. Simon is the author of Amazon bestseller ‘Property Magic’ and widely recognised as one of the top property experts, educators and mentors in the UK.