Two new appointees for Hampshire Trust Bank

October 14, 2024 by Alan

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Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of two people to business development executive roles, both of whom will be working in its bridging loans department.

The specialist mortgage lender has handed those roles to Ross Sheppard and Olivia Colmer-Lynch. The latter has been working at HTB for the past half decade and was already employed in its bridging department. Sheppard also has a lot of experience in dealing with bridging loans and was working as a business development manager before joining HTB.

Their new executive positions will see them collaborate with the BDMs who are based in the field. The idea is that it will provide mortgage advisors with contacts within the company that are more reliable and consistent. They will assist advisors with queries ranging from complicated mortgage cases to standard onboarding issues.

The lender is stating it believes this revised approach will improve communications for advisors and make the application process smoother. It feels the changes will be most beneficial when it comes to urgent loan applications.

Sheppard and Colmer-Lynch will be responsible for soliciting the thoughts of advisors about the changes too. Speaking to Mortgage Introducer, Lorenzo Satchell from HTB said that:

“With these new roles, we’re adding another layer of support to ensure brokers have quicker access to expertise and decisions, particularly on more complex deals.”

Even those who have completed the full CeMAP mortgage advisor course need support from within a lender when dealing with complex cases, so these appointments are to be welcomed.