Foundation Home Loans has appointed Colin Dorman as regional account manager for the South of England working alongside Jan Gallagher, who covers the North of England.

Norman (pictured) will be responsible for key partnerships with FHL’s distribution partners in the South and will work under business development director, Paul Brett.

Dorman started his lending career at UCB Home Loans and went on to develop intermediary business for the firm. After a period at Connells Surveyors, he joined ING Direct UK to help spearhead their launch to the intermediary mortgage sector. He joins from Teachers Building Society, where he was responsible for business development.

Brett said: “We are all delighted to have Colin on board. Now we have established, in my opinion, a panel of the most successful and forward thinking distribution partners in England and Wales, I am confident Colin will develop close relationships between them and our team at head office and generate strong new business flows.

“Colin and Jan bring professionalism and vast knowledge of the market to help us build on the strong start we have made in taking our proposition to the wider intermediary market.”