Kensington Mortgages has announced the appointment of Adam Sheldon as its new national account manager.

Sheldon (pictured) joins from Legal and General Mortgage Club where he served as key relationship manager for more than three years.

He has more than 10 years’ experience of sales and relationship management within the mortgage and financial services industry. Prior to Legal & General Mortgage Club, Sheldon worked at Leek United Building Society as its national business development manager, and he previously held multiple roles over eight years he worked there.

Eloise Hall, interim head of national accounts at Kensington Mortgages, said: “Adam joins us at a fantastic time at Kensington, as we continue with our ambitious growth plans whilst maintaining market leading levels of service.

“Adam will be responsible for developing and nurturing the relationships with some of our valued intermediary partners. His skill set will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen Kensington’s brand as an innovative and forward-thinking specialist lender while adding value to our partners’ businesses.”

Sheldon added: “I’ve admired Kensington’s customer centric propositions, people and ambition for some time now. With all the well documented macro-economic challenges in the market, I believe specialist lending will continue to grow and I look forward to helping Kensington achieve their goals in helping clients with more specialist needs and supporting more customers into home ownership.”