Toby Johncox Takes the Seat as Managing Director at Enness Global

"Exciting day at Enness Global as Toby Johncox takes the Managing Director seat from Hugh Wade-Jones, who is stepping back from Enness and has resigned as a director to pursue other opportunities.

Toby has been with Enness for nearly seven years and has done an excellent job for us. He initially steered the Dubai business from an idea into a functioning company, before progressing to run the entire company’s sales team from sunny Dubai.

In reality, however, Toby has been operating in the MD role since returning to London two years ago and has been highly influential in developing the business we have today, particularly from a cultural and structural perspective. I’m looking forward to seeing what extra sparkle he can bring to the role and the business.

Enness is in great shape. UK mortgages have taken a bit of a recent beating for all the reasons we know, but for us, that looks like a historical blip rather than anything systemic.

Our other business lines have more than compensated during that period, with corporate finance, international mortgages, UK specialist finance and securities finance all growing their market share and position.

Looking ahead, we have two new HNW service lines coming to market by the end of the year, and I’m looking forward to working with Toby and the senior team on these plans.

I don’t get to say goodbye to Hugh, as we are involved in a few other plans together.

What’s next? Well, Hugh called me yesterday — an actual, unannounced call, not a voicemail or WhatsApp message — to say we should build a bank.

All the best ideas start a little crazy."

- Islay Robinson, CEO