Katie Lockett named Young Team Leader of the Year at the Leasing World Customer Service Excellence Awards 2022

United Trust Bank’s (UTB) Katie Lockett was named Young Team Leader of the Year at the Leasing World Customer Service Excellence Awards 2022 held at the iconic Sky Garden in London.

Katie, who is an Operations Manager in UTB’s Asset Finance division, won the award for being ‘…an outstandingly promising young leader of a customer facing team with no more than two years in the current role, who has impressed and exceeded expectations, who champions customers’ needs and is clearly going places.’

On receiving the award, Katie said: “I was surprised and delighted to win this award, but I couldn’t have done it without the support of my team. They’re diligent, professional, and always looking for ways to improve the broker experience.

“I am very fortunate to work for such a people focused Bank as UTB and I appreciate the support they give me in developing my skills and furthering my career.”

Louise Mcintosh, Head of Operations – Asset Finance, United Trust Bank commented: “This award is so well deserved.  Katie has worked at UTB for over 5 years and was promoted to New Business Operations Manager in 2021. During her tenure she has successfully navigated her team through a huge increase in business volumes with many challenges along the way and her commitment to delivering the best service she can to our brokers has been unstinting.”