Rob is Group Chief Executive Officer of the multi-award winning specialist distributor, Brightstar Financial as well as high net worth Property Debt Specialist, Sirius Finance Group.
As the UK’s largest specialist distributor Rob innovated the concept of stand along specialist teams in the distinct product areas of specialist residential mortgages, complex buy-to-let, second charge mortgages, short-term, commercial and development finance. Since 2011 Brightstar has won over 70 national industry awards including the 2016 ‘Gold Employer of the Year’ in the Global Investors in People Awards and in 2019 won the Sunday Times ‘Best Small Company in the UK to Work For.’
Rob is in his third decade working within the specialist lending market. He has served as Chairman of the AOBP (2013 to 2015) and was member of the AMI Industry Contact Group. Rob is a regular panelist and keynote speaker as well as being a much respected media commentator. Rob is a key voice within the sector and as such provides support to the FCA through ongoing discussions on current and future market issues.
Rob is a four times British Mortgage Award winner having won in 2007, 2015 and an unprecedented two awards in 2016. He was voted Mortgage Personality of the Year at the Mortgage Strategy Awards in 2012 and won it again for an unprecedented second time in 2019.
Outside of work Rob is a committed family man and has been married to Clare since 1997. He has two sons who are both sport mad so its rugby in the winter and cricket in the summer. Rob is also a season ticket holder at Brighton and Hove Albion FC.