Gatehouse Bank has appointed Roger Evans as director of home finance distribution.

Evans (pictured) over 30 years’ financial services experience spanning mainstream banking, financial planning and home finance to his newly created role. He joins Gatehouse from Aldermore where he was head of intermediary mortgage distribution and, prior to that, spent a decade as head of sales at NatWest and RBS.

Previously, he held a number of roles at NatWest including head of intermediary mortgages and head of telephony mortgages.

Evans will report to chief commercial officer, Paul Stockwell and be based at Gatehouse Bank’s Milton Keynes office, where he will lead the bank’s direct and broker-facing teams, providing finance facilities to businesses, landlords and home buyers.

He said: “I am delighted to be joining Gatehouse. With the recent re-branding and forthcoming enhancements to the bank’s products in the pipeline, it is certainly a very exciting time to be coming on board.

“The bank has a growing reputation amongst brokers and I am looking forward to working with the team and our broker partners to build on the tremendous success achieved to date and help the bank capitalise on the strong future opportunities for further growth.”

Stockwell added: “Roger’s considerable financial services experience is hard to come by. He has a strong reputation amongst the broker community and is a fantastic addition to the Gatehouse team.

“Roger’s appointment brings additional strength to our very capable team and this, together with our growing range of products and human underwriting service, makes us very confident for future success.”