Financial Reporter Awards

Paul
Adams

Pepper Money

Sales Director

Rob
Barnard

Pepper Money

Director of Intermediary Relationships

Rob Barnard has over 30 years of knowledge and experience navigating successfully through the twists and turns of the UK Mortgage market. Rob has developed and executed sales and marketing strategies throughout his career to drive growth and maximise retention. In his role as Director of Intermediary Relationships, Rob is responsible for nurturing and developing key broker and distribution partners for Pepper Money. Rob is passionate about mortgages but more importantly the people he works with within the industry. As a result, he is the host of The Specialist Podcast. A platform created to provide established and upcoming stars in the industry an opportunity to discuss everything mortgages and beyond.

www.pepper.money

James
Briffitt

Nationwide

I lead IR’s dual-branded Sales teams, including BDMs and TBDMs and lead the Society’s New Build proposition. I have over 30 years experience in financial services having worked for a number of lenders and represent Nationwide as a management committee member of The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.

www.nationwide-intermediary.co.uk

Peter
Brodnicki

Mortgage Advice Bureau

CEO

Peter has been CEO of MAB since 2001 and has overseen the business as it has grown to become the UK’s most recognised intermediary consumer brand, winning over 250 national awards for the quality of its advice and service. Now, with a network of 2000+ advisers offering expert mortgage advice on a local, regional and national level to UK consumers digitally, face to face and by phone. Mortgage Advice Bureau handles over £25bn of loans annually, and was the first – and is currently the only – mortgage intermediary to have floated on the London Stock Exchange, having joined the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in November 2014.

www.mortgageadvicebureau.com

Andrew
Calder

Accord Mortgages

Andrew has been with Yorkshire Building Society Group for 11 years, spending the last 7 years as part of the Accord brand serving the intermediary channel, in his current role as part of the senior leadership team he is responsible for maintaining relationships with key lending partners across the distribution landscape and playing an active role in propositional development. Prior to joining Accord he spent 4 years covering a number of roles in the retail network.

www.accordmortgages.com

Gurpreet
Chahal

Accord Mortgages

Emma
Cox

Shawbrook Bank

Steve
Cox

Fleet Mortgages

Mike
Farrell

LV=

Helen
Harrison

Santander

Head of intermediary distribution

I have over 20 years’ experience within Financial Services, previously working as a BDM for Northern Rock and in the sub-prime packager market. I joined Santander for Intermediaries in 2007 as a BDM in the North and after many successful and enjoyable years, I was promoted to a Regional Manager with responsibility for eight BDMs. At the start of 2019, I moved into the role of Head of Intermediary Distribution.

www.santander.co.uk

Joanne
Hollins

Metro Bank

Head of Intermediary Mortgage Distribution

A multi award winning business leader, with over 25 years’ experience within the financial service sector, having held senior sales and distribution roles across the banking, broking and mortgage sectors and is currently the Head of Intermediary Mortgage Distribution for Metro Bank. She has overall sales responsibility for the Bank’s mortgage business across both the intermediary and direct channels, alongside the day to management of the national field-based BDM team (including the key account function), all store-based Mortgage Consultants, alongside all telephony support (which includes – Telephone BDMs, The Broker Helpdesk and the Mortgage Line - for direct customers). Additional responsibilities include growing, enhancing customer outcomes across the intermediary and direct mortgage channels, whilst ensuring delivery of a strong sustainable resilient business. Joanne also represents Metro Bank on the IMLA Exco.

www.metrobankonline.co.uk

Paul
Hunt

Square 1 Media

Managing director

Paul has worked in marketing within the financial services and property sectors in a career spanning over 25 years. Since 2001, he has held Head of or Marketing Director roles in businesses like Platform (the intermediary lender of Co-op), Lehman Brothers and Countrywide and has managed both B2B and B2C. Paul is Managing Director of the leading PR and marketing communications agency, Square 1 Media.

www.square1media.co.uk

Dale
Jannels

One Mortgage System (OMS)

CEO

Dale has been in the mortgage market for over 25 years. Having started out at L&G, he moved to a family brokerage which then became a mortgage packager (Impact SF) and direct to client brokerage.

Dale co-founded OMS in 2017 and sits on the industry contact group of The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) as well as being a director and executive committee member for the Open Property Data Association (OPDA).

onemortgage.co.uk

Fraser
MacDougall

The Mortgage Lender

Matt
Martin

Virgin Money

Head of National Accounts

Having worked in the mortgage industry for over 20 years, I've been with Virgin Money since 2018 - joining as a National Account Manager and now as Head of National Accounts. Prior to Virgin Money I worked in the Business Development and National Account teams at Lloyds Banking Group

uk.virginmoney.com

David
Rogers

Bank of Ireland

Jonathan
Stinton

Coventy Building Society

Head of intermediary relationships

Having worked at Coventry Building Society for over 17 years, Jonathan is an experienced head of intermediary relationship management with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry as a business development manager and corporate account manager. Jonathan’s current position involves fostering broker relationships, leading corporate account management teams and overseeing the Intermediary development telephone team in head office as well as a team of regional managers and BDMs.

www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk

Buster
Tolfree

United Trust Bank

25+ years of Financial Services management experience, including various senior/executive level roles within Banking and Lending institutions. Extensive experience in the management of large operational teams of up to 100+ staff across a variety of functions including sales, underwriting, customer and arrears management, litigation and asset management - specifically within the Residential and BTL mortgage, and consumer lending, markets

www.utbank.co.uk

Alex
Upton

Hampshire Trust Bank

Managing Director of Specialist Mortgages & Bridging

Alex Upton is the Managing Director of Specialist Mortgages & Bridging at HTB, where she leads both the Specialist Mortgages and Bridging teams. With over 15 years of experience in the lending industry, Alex has built a strong reputation for delivering tailored, practical solutions for brokers and their clients. She believes in the power of collaboration and adaptability, leading her teams with a focus on solving complex lending challenges. At HTB, Alex fosters an environment where brokers can rely on them for straightforward, effective support, ensuring the best possible outcomes for their clients in every scenario.

www.htb.co.uk

Sidney
Wager

Barclays

Darrell
Walker

Chetwood Bank

Director of Sales & Distribution

I’m Darrell Walker, the Director of Sales & Distribution for newly launched specialist buy to let lender ModaMortgages.

I’ve been involved in banking and financial services for more than 30 years during which time I’ve worked with some amazing people and businesses which make me proud to be part of such a dynamic industry.

I’m delighted and honoured to have been invited to judge at this year’s Financial Reporter Awards and I’m looking forward to celebrating the great and the good of the mortgage world.

chetwoodbank.co.uk

Richard
Walker

Virgin Money

Head of intermediary sales

Richard leads the Intermediary Channel for Virgin Money and responsible for intermediary distribution covering Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank Mortgage Brand. His team of National Accounts, Field and Telephony BDMs work with brokers to maximise opportunities and develop excellent business relationships.

Richard joined Virgin Money in 2013 and has over two decades of experience in intermediary mortgages having previously been in roles at Virgin One Account, First Active and RBS.

uk.virginmoney.com

Richard
Waters

HSBC Life

Head of Protection Distribution

Richard recently celebrated 30 years at HSBC, having started his career as a General Insurance Broker.

More recently, Richard has worked in HSBC’s Retail Banking Head Office, as a Senior Product & Proposition Manager where he was integral to the Bank’s launch into the Mortgage Intermediary market.

Before joining HSBC Life, in 2019, Richard spent two years in our Global Group Insurance team as a Senior Manager for Intermediary and Private Bank channels, supporting the development of the UK strategy and working alongside markets globally.

In his current role as Head of Protection Distribution, he leads an experienced team of Business Development Managers covering the length and breadth of the UK as well as our telephone teams.

www.life.hsbc.co.uk