LSL Property Services has hired Peter Stevenson (pictured) as its chief operating officer for financial services, and he will start in September, subject to regulatory approval.
Stevenson joins LSL Property Services from Barclays, where he has worked since 2012 in various senior roles, most recently as director of digital operations.
Before that, he was a regional mortgage manager for Santander for around a year. Prior to that, he was at HSBC for nearly three years, initially as a senior service and sales manager and regional local business manager.
Richard Howells, group managing director for LSL Financial Services, said: “We are delighted Peter is joining the team.
“Peter’s background in lending operations and technology is an important strategic appointment in the continuing transformation of our financial services brands. He has a strong track record of delivering data infrastructure across the end-to-end operational model, and understands how to shape and deliver digital, automation and efficiency – optimising cost and improving customer experience.
“He is a strategic leader with proven delivery across multiple aspects of a high-performing and transformational operational business. His experience of managing a complex portfolio of regulatory transformation, including both technology and operational change delivery, will be invaluable as we move forward.”
Stevenson added: “I am thrilled to be joining such an ambitious and fast-growing business and look forward to helping the firm deliver its strategic vision.”
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.