Apex Bridging is powered by a brilliant team of friendly and highly knowledgeable bridging loan specialists
We are known in the industry for being warm, approachable and always available to help our brokers and their clients. You can find out more about us, and what makes Apex different from other commercial bridging finance providers, by reading our team profiles below.
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Director & Management

Chris Hodgkinson
Managing Director
Chris is Managing Director and has worked in property all his professional career. He has extensive experience in the property buying market and regularly comments in the press on property matters, trends and promotes ways to simplify and speed up the selling process.

Sarah Bott
Head of Operations
Sarah has over 20 years’ experience within the financial services sector, with a strong background managing teams in both a lending and recoveries capacity, covering a large range of products and niches. CeMap qualified she has also experienced life as a mortgage and protection broker, understanding the challenges from both Lender & Broker perspectives. She is professional, approachable and thrives on building positive working relationships ensuring high levels of service are delivered.

Amy Robinson
Business Development Manager
Amy has over 15 years experience in the financial industry working with various different banks and networks. Being CeMap qualified she’s been a Mortgage & Protection Broker herself so she understands the importance of relationships and has a passion in helping people. She’s approachable and loves a chat, when she’s not working you’ll usually find her hiking up a mountain.

Sarah Barker
Underwriter
Sarah joined Apex as an experienced Lending Administrator and has now progressed to be a valued member of the underwriting team. She underwrites loans from day one all the way through to drawdown stage. She is highly organised, professional and approachable and loves building relationships and working closely with brokers to get deals done.

Catherine Pietersen
Underwriter
Catherine is one of our Underwriters. She joined us from Orchard Funding where she held the position of Senior Underwriter. Catherine has a wealth of experience gained over a number of years after moving to the UK from South Africa in 2008. She was previously with Zebra Finance where she worked her way up from an admin role to Senior Underwriter looking after a small team.

Stephanie Browne
Marketing Manager
Steph is our Marketing Manager with over 20 years marketing experience predominantly in a Marketing Management role for a range of companies in diverse sectors. She holds a CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing with skills in event management, branding, PR, project management, online and offline communication activity, idea creation and design.

Katie Gillard
Underwriter
Katie is our Underwriter and joined us from the Sytner Group where she worked for Audi’s Customer Service Department. Katie’s efficiency skills brought her to Apex along with her previous property experience gained whilst working for Your Move Estate Agents and Professional Properties meaning she also has a good understanding of the BTL market.

Claire Harris
Group Head of People
Claire has been with the business since its inception in 2013 which means she has an understanding of the challenges the business has faced over the years. She provides support for the team from an HR perspective together with various elements of other work covered within the finance team. Claire is driven by the knowledge that a happy, supported team will be more motivated and productive.
Apex Bridging Verified Client Testimonials
On track at every stage of the application. Everyone at Apex ensured that this case progressed at pace at every step for the client, resulting in a very happy client who will be looking to use myself and Apex in the future.
James Oldham Positive Lending
Nothing short of absolutely brilliant. The flexibilities and can do attitude that has been shown to try and facilitate this loan have been nothing short of absolutely brilliant and I wanted you all to know just how appreciative I am of all the hard work you have put in.
Stephen Watts BrightStar
Speed, service and flexibility. Staff are knowledgeable, proactive and above all, a pleasure to deal with. They have a proactive, can do attitude backed with excellent service from initial enquiry through to completion, we can’t recommend them highly enough.
Dave PinningtonDirector - Intermediary Relations Finance 4 Business
Apex bent over backwards for this client. A very stressful case which only managed to stay together due to the hard work and resilience of the Apex team. A special thanks to Sarah Barker and Sonia Shortland for their unwavering commitment to this client.
James OldhamPositive Lending
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Why Choose Apex Bridging?
- Borrow between £75k and £750k on a short-term basis (typically 3-18 months)
- Tailored finance solutions to suit individual circumstances — borrow to purchase, refurbish or refinance a property
- We lend at higher LTVs than many providers (up to max 85% LTV)
- All financial situations considered — no credit check required
- Exceptional client service and broker relationship management
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