Paragon Bank’s development finance division has appointed Len Boyd as senior relationship director.

Boyd has over 25 years of experience in property development finance.

He joins from Close Brothers Property Finance, where he spent 12 years and was most recently a business development director.

Prior to that, he was a lending manager with Dunbar Bank.

He has taken over the management of a large client portfolio at Paragon, which he will be looking to expand.

Paragon Bank managing director of development finance Neal Moy says: “Len’s background speaks for itself and I’m pleased that we have added somebody with his track record and experience to the team.”

“We are a relationship bank that looks to build deep connections with clients and Len has the expertise to do that.”