Get to know: Oli Bland

What is the best thing about your role, and why? Constantly dealing with different situations and having to engage my problem-solving skills on a near daily basis. Clients don’t use specialist finance, which is a more expensive product, unless there are quirks to a transaction, so it is an integral trait in succeeding within the industry. What motivates you? Building something towards an ambitious goal. The route taken is constantly shifting however the target remains the same, I like to take on challenges if there is a potentially amazing upside. I want to build Black & White to a market leading position within the products we currently offer and those within the pipeline currently under development. When that is done, I would like to try my hand at something else potentially… we shall see. If you weren’t Director of Lending at Black & White Bridging, what would you like to

be? Research Scientist/Archaeologist. The aspects of education which I found most interesting have always been math, the sciences and history. If I was not doing this, I would like to be involved in something more technical, however if I want to be free, I need to achieve financial freedom first… What separates Black & White Bridging from other lenders? I think that we take an approach to deals which is always focused on finding a pathway to completing the deal as opposed to finding a reason to say no. We can get comfortable with assets others will simply not even look at; we can take different forms of security to mitigate certain risks. We approach everything like a problem to be solved, whether the solution is something the client wants to proceed with is up to them. When you’re not at work, what are you most likely to be doing? I love to travel, eat, drink, workout, read, learn… Basically, what the rest of us are all doing! What are three things you can’t live without? Family, Learning, Freedom