Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Becki Fraser-Tucker as business development manager (BDM) for Central London within its specialist mortgages lending division.

Fraser-Tucker (pictured) joins HTB from Vida Homeloans where she was a key account manager for Central London. Prior to that, she spent three years at Bank of Ireland, as a BDM and then regional sales manager. She was national account manager at Kent Reliance, part of One Savings Bank, for seven years.

In her new role, she will be working with the bank’s new and existing broker network within the Central London area, reporting into Marcus Dussard, sales director, specialist mortgages.

Dussard said: “I am delighted Becki has decided to join the team at HTB. We have enjoyed excellent growth over the past few years, with more to come it is vitally important to have a team which supports our broker network and provides a first-class service.”

Fraser-Tucker added: “I am excited to be joining the Specialist Mortgage team at HTB. I bring considerable experience of dealing with brokers in Central London to the role. I look forward to meeting brokers over the coming weeks and outlining HTB’s great proposition.”

Louisa Sedgwick, managing director, specialist mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank, said: “We are continually strengthening our specialist mortgage team in order to support our growth plans for 2022 and beyond.

“Our recent decision to increase our maximum buy-to-let mortgage size from £15m to £25m further highlights our appetite for new business and appointments such as Becki’s ensure we have to staffing capability to match our appetite.”