Dunfermline Appoints New Head Of Social Housing

The Dunfermline has reaffirmed its commitment to the Scottish social housing market with the appointment of Alistair Berwick to lead its Social Housing business.

Alistair is well known in the social housing sector and joins from Tribal where he worked as a treasury consultant. He was previously a private finance adviser to the Scottish Executive and also led social housing finance teams based in Scotland at two other banks.

Alistair will work closely with colleagues in the Nationwide Group to build on existing relationships and also look at new key partners in Scotland.

The Dunfermline has a strong history of lending in the social housing sector and following parent company Nationwide's purchase of the social housing book from the UK Government on 17th June 2009 the business is firmly committed to serving the needs of the Scottish social housing market.

Mark Webster, Head of Housing Finance at Nationwide said:

"I am delighted that Alistair has joined the Dunfermline to lead the Social Housing Finance team.

"Alistair brings a huge amount of experience of housing association funding and knowledge about the sector to the Dunfermline which he has acquired in over 15 years in his various roles.

"I am sure that his appointment will be welcomed by our customers and it also underlines the commitment that the Dunfermline and Nationwide has to lending within the Scottish housing association sector."

Alistair Berwick commented:

"I am relishing the challenge of taking forward Dunfermline's social housing portfolio. This is a brand with a proud history in this area and I look forward to working with existing and new partners across Scotland."