Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of several new staff members across its sales division.

Jason James, national accounts manager, joins from Kensington Mortgages and will be responsible for strengthening relationships with our key distribution partners.

Meanwhile, Graham Wallace, key account manager for the North, joins from Virgin Money where he held the same role for the last three years.

Mark Todd, business development manager for Midland’s and Wales, joins from a recruitment background and previously spent four years at Nationwide. He will work alongside the key account manager for this region, Harsha Dahyea.

In addition, Alex McMillen, business development manager for London and the South, joins from Magellan Homeloans. McMillen will work alongside Simon Wilson, key account manager for this region.

The news follows the recent promotions of existing individuals within the sales team. The promotions include Reece Beddall who was promoted to head up the business development team and Danny O’Driscoll, who has moved to the sales team as business development executive.

Steve Seal, director of sales and marketing for Bluestone Mortgages, said: “We are very excited to welcome these new additions to the team, especially at this time of huge development for Bluestone. We’re seeing unprecedented demand for our products and believe these key hires will ensure we are well placed to support our intermediary partners.

“We remain committed to helping those currently underserved by high street lenders and these appointments are the first of many exciting announcements in the pipeline.”