Real Estate Finance

John joined Secure Trust Bank in February 2019 following 12 years at the Royal Bank of Scotland, working exclusively within the real estate sector.

His last role was as a Relationship Director within Williams&Glyn, a division of RBS, managing a portfolio of 15 real estate clients with a £400m lending portfolio. He specialised in providing real estate funding solutions of £5m - £50m per transaction for Family Offices, Plc's, property funds and standalone Special Purpose Vehicles across all sectors.

John joined Secure Trust Bank due to its ambition to grow and ability to support clients through swift credit decisions and ability to deliver with a small and agile team. John's spare time is taken up by his young family and attending games at Chelsea FC when time allows.

Ben joined Secure Trust Bank in 2022 as a Relationship Director. Ben was appointed as Head of Origination in March 2025. Ben has two decades of real estate lending experience alongside a period conducting client facing broking.

David has been a Relationship Director with Secure Trust Bank since July 2019. He has held various roles at Natwest RBS & Nationwide Building Society including credit underwriting and relationship management in London and the South East.

David works as part of our Reading office supporting small-to-medium sized residential house-builders in the South of England. He is a Chartered Banker ACIB and holds a degree in Financial Services.

After many years at Natwest RBS, David decided to move to Secure Trust Bank due to the opportunity to support the growth of a new team dedicated to supporting small house builders. When not in work, David enjoys spending time with friends and family, and is a campervan owner.

Barry joined Secure Trust Bank as a Senior Relationship Director in the Real Estate Finance team in January 2019.

With over 15 years' experience in Real Estate Finance, working for, amongst others, Helaba, Santander and Bank of Cyprus, he has structured complex investment and development transactions covering all sectors of the real estate industry, from residential, student accommodation, offices, retail and data centres. He joined Secure Trust Bank to be part of a dynamic team who understand real estate fundamentals and are able to assess deals on their merits, structuring them on an individual basis while working closely with clients to achieve the best outcome for all.

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, driving his kids to the many activities they undertake and watching and participating in all things sport related.