Property crowdfunder recruits marketing VP

LendInvest and Montello, Christian Faes' peer-to-peer and short-term finance operations, have hired Mrinal Ray as Head of Risk and Compliance from the Bank of England.

Savills' buying arm Prime Purchase has hired a consultant in Singapore to manage the buying agency's Asia-based clients.

The acquisition and property management elements of James Caan's burgeoning HBRE empire - The London Search Company and The London Management Company - have added three new employees to their ranks.