Centralis launches Loan Agency offering and hires Ellis-Grewal as head
15 May 2026 UK
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Centralis has launched a new Loan Agency offering with the hire of Joe Ellis-Grewal as head of Loan Agency based in London.
Ellis-Grewal was previously at Global Loan Agency Services where he led the UK Business Development team and most recently at Mount Street where he built out their Corporate Loan agency offering.
With this deployment, Centralis aims to launch a Loan Agency business in the coming months which the firm says will establish it as one of few providers in the market who can offer a full suite of end-to-end services.
Working closely with teams across the business, Ellis-Grewal will help develop a platform which intends on delivering agency and trustee services across both loans and bonds in the performing and non-performing space.
Commenting on the appointment, Aidan Foley, CEO at Centralis, says: “The launch of our new Loan Agency business is a natural extension of our existing SPV and Corporate Services platform and reflects our ambition to expand the ways we support private credit managers, sponsors, and arrangers across the markets we serve.
“Joe’s background combines strong technical expertise with a proven commercial track record in the debt servicing and administration sector — qualities we believe are essential when establishing and scaling a new service line. We look forward to launching this business line in the coming months and providing both existing and new clients with a full array of services.”
Ellis-Grewal adds: “The opportunity to launch a Loan Agency business off the back of an already well respected and established player in the market is an opportunity that does not come along often.
“With Centralis’ current high quality client base and an entrepreneurial approach to new business lines I look forward to the challenge of establishing Centralis as a leading independent agent in the market.”
Ellis-Grewal was previously at Global Loan Agency Services where he led the UK Business Development team and most recently at Mount Street where he built out their Corporate Loan agency offering.
With this deployment, Centralis aims to launch a Loan Agency business in the coming months which the firm says will establish it as one of few providers in the market who can offer a full suite of end-to-end services.
Working closely with teams across the business, Ellis-Grewal will help develop a platform which intends on delivering agency and trustee services across both loans and bonds in the performing and non-performing space.
Commenting on the appointment, Aidan Foley, CEO at Centralis, says: “The launch of our new Loan Agency business is a natural extension of our existing SPV and Corporate Services platform and reflects our ambition to expand the ways we support private credit managers, sponsors, and arrangers across the markets we serve.
“Joe’s background combines strong technical expertise with a proven commercial track record in the debt servicing and administration sector — qualities we believe are essential when establishing and scaling a new service line. We look forward to launching this business line in the coming months and providing both existing and new clients with a full array of services.”
Ellis-Grewal adds: “The opportunity to launch a Loan Agency business off the back of an already well respected and established player in the market is an opportunity that does not come along often.
“With Centralis’ current high quality client base and an entrepreneurial approach to new business lines I look forward to the challenge of establishing Centralis as a leading independent agent in the market.”
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