Spring Finance has appointed Owen Bentley as head of sales in its bridging division.

Bentley joins the specialist lender from United Trust Bank where he led the bridging sales team.

He will now play a key role in driving the growth of Spring’s bridging division, as well as managing intermediary relationships, mainly in the South West region.

Spring sales director Jim Baker comments: “Owen is one of the most highly regarded sales leaders in our market. It is an exciting time for Spring as we continue to build our specialist bridging proposition and it is a clear demonstration of our ambitions and achievements to date to be able to secure someone of Owen’s talent.

Excited for his new role, Bentley says: “I’m tremendously excited to be joining Spring at this stage in their journey to help them build on what has already been an incredibly successful launch into the bridging market.

“I look forward to using my experience to contribute across all aspects of our bridging offering, as well as getting back to what we all love doing the most, which is helping our broker partners to help more clients and complete more business.”

Spring chief executive Gavin Diamond adds: “Owen is a well-known personality in the bridging space. He is vastly experienced with an excellent reputation for delivery across all areas of sales and business development.