About OakNorth Bank

I originally started my career in Bangalore, India where I grew up and where my family still lives – unlike a lot of Indian students, I decided to forgo the conventional career path of engineering or medicine and instead take my chances at completing the daunting ACA course. As part of this course, I trained […]

OakNorth Bank – the UK bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs – today announces the further strengthening of its Board of Directors with the appointment of Timo Boldt as a Non-Executive Director. Timo Boldt is the Founder and CEO of Gousto, which pioneered the recipe box offering in the UK when it was established in April […]

All businesses are looking for the best talent to help achieve their goals. But when you have employees with an entrepreneurial mindset, you’ll find that it’s not only a case of getting the work done, but also going on to achieve even bigger and better things for your customers. We often joke that our founders […]

When starting out as an entrepreneur, the only thing that’s guaranteed, no matter what your level of business acumen, is that you are about to embark on a never-ending learning curve.  You’ll encounter challenges and lessons at every step of the way. In my experience, one of the key components to successfully navigating the journey […]

There are many bankers and many chartered surveyors, but very few are both. Our Director of Debt Finance Greg Manson has recently qualified as a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and he shared with us how having the knowledge of both industries gives him an edge when making lending decisions.  I’ve been […]

We sat down with Ben Barbanel, our Head of Debt Finance, to discuss the future of lending in more uncertain times. He explained how our plan to continuously back the best businesses can remove problems that arise from the knock-on effects of a lack of funding and how data can be used to guide lending […]