LendInvest’s Wallis joins LiveMore as CTO
LiveMore has hired Peter Wallis as its chief technology officer to lead its technology strategy.
Wallis previously held a similar role at LendInvest, where he built the lender’s broker portal and mortgage origination platform with more than 20 API integrations. He has more than 30 years of experience working in technology leadership across mortgage lending, financial services and other regulated sectors.
Wallis has also worked at Rational Partners, where he helped regulated and private equity-backed firms move artificial intelligence (AI) from prototype into production use.
He was also CTO at Sporting Group and ETX Capital, and chief architect at Camelot UK Lotteries.
LiveMore is investing in its technology to improve the broker experience, and Wallis will work with broker networks and sourcing systems to enhance this.
Wallis (pictured) said LiveMore already worked as a modern lender should: “Engineering sits at the heart of the business, and technology is used to make better lending decisions, not just faster ones”.
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He added that later life lending rules had not kept up with the way people lived and worked, meaning many were rejected for finance, adding: “The chance to help LiveMore say yes to more of them was one I couldn’t pass up.
“My first priority is the broker. I want LiveMore to be the easiest lender to place a complex case with, which means connecting our decisioning into the systems advisers already use and using AI to give brokers and underwriters clearer answers, sooner – all on a secure platform built to scale.”
Leon Diamond, CEO and founder of LiveMore, said: “Technology has always been an important part of how we challenge the traditional approach to lending, whether that is helping advisers find the right solutions for their clients or making the mortgage journey simpler.
“Peter brings a huge amount of experience in building and scaling technology within financial services, as well as a strong understanding of what it takes to use technology to solve real customer and business problems. His experience will be invaluable as we continue to develop our technology capabilities and look at how we can use them to support our growth.”
