Kate Welland

OSB Group

With a central mission to provide fair financial solutions to all, OSB Group is a specialist lending and retail savings group serving the UK, Jersey and Guernsey, and is authorised by the PRA, part of the Bank of England, and regulated by the FCA. With a heritage dating back over 150 years, OSB floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 2014 and joined the FTSE 250 one year later. 2019 marked an exciting period of growth with the combination of OSB and Charter Court Financial Services, taking The Groups individual brands to 13, including Kent Reliance, Precise Mortgages, InterBay Commercial, Heritable Development Finance, and Charter Savings Bank. OSB Group focuses its specialist lending activities on selected sub-sectors of the lending market in which it has an established presence and expertise. These include private rented sector buy to let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, bespoke and specialist residential lending, secured funding lines and asset finance. Predominantly funded by retail savings originated through online and direct channels, The Group originates almost all of its organic lending through specialist intermediaries. It's differentiated through its use of highly skilled, bespoke underwriting and efficient operating model. The majority of the Group's administrative support functions are performed by its wholly owned operations in Bangalore, India.