Meet the Team
Get to know the people behind Lender Hub
John Kent
Managing Director
John oversees all aspects of the business and strategy. Following a 20-year career in the corporate world, John completed an MBA and followed his interest in financial services before joining the company in 2014. This coincided with the business being awarded FCA principal status and the formal launch of the Brokerplan Network.
Simon Burke
Operations Director
Joining the business in 2021 having previously managed a large operation within a commercial banking environment at Yorkshire Bank/Virgin Money, Simon oversees all operations in our business. He has also spent a large part of his career as a commercial finance broker structuring property deals and working with listed companies to provide leverage. With 20 years in financial services, he brings experience in relationship management, operations, structuring and sales.
David Fine
Network Support Manager
Following a degree in Management and a varied career across the world that included finance positions (Spain / Hong Kong / Tel Aviv), David returned to his home town and started his career with White rose in 2006. David has extensive experience of structuring deals and has a keen interest in complex development and bridging.
Graham Beckett
BDM, Recruitment
Graham has worked in financial services for more than 25 years including roles at HSBC Bank, Williams & Glyn, Metro Bank, MFS and eConveyancer. He joined us in 2024, taking on responsibility for looking after growing AR numbers within the already successful network.
Matthew McCarron-Shipman
Senior Relationship Manager
Starting his career on the High Street in Personal banking, Matthew then moved into business banking on-boarding commercial clients at Yorkshire Bank/Virgin Money. He has 12 years’ experience in the finance sector, and day to day at White Rose he structures and packages deals on behalf of our appointed representative network, across all product areas.
Kieran Everard
Software Engineer
Kieran joined us from a bridging finance lender where he worked for 3 and a half years. Prior to this Kieran spent a number of years with a well-known packager in the Midlands and various roles with RBS & Natwest. Day to day, Kieran structures and packages deals on behalf of our appointed representative network.
Phil Coates
Relationship Manager
Having worked in business banking for 7 years at 2 high street banks, Phil ventured into the commercial bridging world working for a commercial brokerage. Phil joined White Rose in 2020 and structures and packages deals on behalf of our appointed representative network, across all product areas.
Kyle Whiteley
Mortgage Administrator
Kyle joined the team in 2024 to support the relationship manager and mortgage advice teams. Kyle has a background in mortgage administration.
Steven Kay
Relationship Manager
Steven joined us in 2025 as a Relationship Manager and will be working to support the network with transactions. Steven is experienced in asset finance, most recently working for Lombard (Natwest) packaging and structuring Asset Finance Deals for Business Clients. Prior to this, he spent 12 Years at Yorkshire Bank (Virgin Money) across a variety of roles, most recently, in the Consumer Asset Finance team. Away from work, his spare time usually involves Football in one way or another, playing amateur football at the weekend or watching his beloved Leeds United FC.
Andrew Boycott
Training Facilitator
Following 20 years running a small business, Andy worked for various large organisations in the role of Learning & Development Manager. More recently working for a multi-national company as an area Franchise Development Manager, supporting a large partner network, Andy brings vast experience and is changing how we support our network.