ABOUT KENSINGTON

When it comes to specialist mortgages, there's not much we don't know.

For over 25 years, Kensington has been one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage lenders. We serve fast-growing segments such as the self-employed, contract workers, multiple-income applicants and those who have a small blip on their credit file – people the high street is not always set up to cater for.

OUR COMPANY HISTORY

We make specialist mortgages, special

When you've been around for as long as we have, you soon learn that putting people into neat little boxes is an approach that doesn't work.

We prefer to look beneath the surface and go deeper than the mainstream lenders where all too often the 'computer says no'. Our mantra is to look for ways to say yes, so that we can help as many people as possible get the mortgages they need.

CAREERS WITH KENSINGTON

DATA AND ANALYTICS ARE
EMBEDDED IN OUR DNA

All Kensington mortgages are powered by VECTOR, our proprietary and hugely powerful analytical model that is embedded into all phases of the mortgage lifecycle.

VECTOR is supported by a unique dataset comprising over 400k mortgage accounts spanning all UK geographies, housing types, mortgage types and credit loan parameters for the last 20 years, and has driven the development of a number of in-house analytical tools and reporting capabilities that are key to the unique way in which we assess and manage mortgage credit risk.

FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND SCALE

In March 2023 Kensington was purchased by Barclays Bank UK PLC, and became part of the wider Barclays Group.

As part of the acquisition, Kensington continues day-to-day business operations as usual, supporting a broad range of borrowers that the High Street would typically not serve, but now with the added financial strength, deposit funding base and operational reach that comes from ownership by one of the UK’s largest financial services institutions.

A formidable team

The Kensington senior management team, with an average of more than 20 years’ experience in their field, bring extensive industry experience and knowledge to the business.

Their expertise encompasses building, acquiring, running and managing successful businesses having forged their careers at some of the premier players in the European and US mortgage space, including Nationwide, Deutsche Bank, RBS, GE and Barclays.

Vicki Harris

Nov 15, 2020, 17:27 PM

Name : Vicki Harris

Role : Chief Commercial Officer

Vicki joined Kensington in April 2018 and as Chief Commercial Officer is responsible for group strategy, product development and delivery, pricing, customer experience, brand and marketing.

Prior to joining Kensington, Vicki was Group Head of Strategy and Marketing at Aldermore, driving growth and product development across the Bank. She was also heavily involved in the company’s IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2015.

Vicki previously spent 11 years across a variety of roles in GE Capital and 4 years as a consultant at McKinsey. She is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.