Prestedge has held senior roles for a number of major lenders, including deputy chief executive at Santander, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive at Nationwide Building Society and managing director of home finance at Barclays. Last year, Prestedge was seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care as the inaugural chief operating officer of the NHS Test and Trace service.

In his role as non-exec director, Prestedge will support the board of Twenty7Tec in group strategy, operations, and oversight.

Twenty7Tec Group chief executive James Tucker says: “This appointment is indicative of the strong progress we have made in establishing ourselves as a key strategic partner to many of the leading lender and distribution businesses in the mortgage market.

“As we enter the next stage of our growth, Tony will be invaluable in helping us to continue to scale our business both organically and through acquisition.”

Prestedge says he has worked in a number of high-growth, fast-changing environments and is looking forward to the challenge of helping mortgage-tech firm Twenty7Tec grow over the coming years.