Rob Lankey has been promoted to chief commercial officer at Afin Bank, overseeing the bank’s lending strategy and managing the specialist lender’s sales team.

Lankey initially joined Afin as director of credit during its launch phase last year. He then took on the role of national sales director at the start of this year, taking on responsibility for the sales team as it expanded with the appointment of a number of new BDMs.

This latest promotion means Lankey will help shape Afin as it reinforces its presence in the marketplace supporting hard-working borrowers let down by mainstream banks because they do not fit their restrictive lending criteria, such as the self-employed, workers with multiple incomes, qualified professionals, the high-net-worth and foreign nationals working in the UK.