West One Loans makes four new hires as part of residential mortgage expansion plans.

West One Loans has made four new appointments as it looks to drive significant growth across its residential mortgage and second charge divisions.

Lesley Terry, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, joins as a regional account manager for Midlands. She joins from Saffron Building Society, where she was a BDM covering this region. Prior to her time at Saffron, Terry was head of specialist lending at New Homes Mortgage Services for more than 17 years.

Helen Linnen joins West One as its new BDM for the South West and Wales. She has more than 20 years’ experience working in the region for other lenders and joins from The Mortgage Lender, where she was a BDM.

Both Terry and Linnen will report into Paul Huxter, head of intermediary sales and distribution, and will focus on developing broker relationships with directly authorised brokers and appointed representatives of network partnerships across West One’s residential mortgage range.

West One have also hired Jo Sharp, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the mortgage market. She joins the specialist distribution team as key account manager, a new role created to help nurture and grow the lender’s packager relationships across their residential mortgage and second charge products. Sharp joins from Tandem, where she has spent the past three years as an underwriter, having previously worked in similar roles for Pepper Money and the Newcastle Building Society.

Marc Peprah, who has more than 10 years’ experience in the industry, joins as telephone BDM for the North West. He joins from Elva Finance, where he was head of mortgages.

This means 11 new hires have been added to West One’s mortgage team in the past two months.

Marie Grundy, managing director of residential mortgages and second charges at West One Loans, said: “We are thrilled to welcome four exceptional new hires to our team, each bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to our organisation.

“Their addition marks another milestone in our ambitious journey to become the leading lender in the specialist mortgage market.

“Since we announced our major growth plans for our residential mortgage business a few months ago, we have been scouring the market for the right blend of talent, experience, and expertise to execute our strategy.

“We have that with the addition of Jo, Lesley, and Helen. We plan to make further additions to our team soon, while introducing some exciting product and criteria changes to our range that brokers and their clients will love.”