MPowered Mortgages has appointed Lichelle Samra as key account manager for the Midlands.

She will report to Matt Surridge, MPowered’s sales director.

Samra (pictured) joins MPowered Mortgages from NatWest where she was business development manager responsible for growing the bank’s client base in the UK. Before this, she was mortgage business development manager at Prosperity Wealth, managing clients in the UK, Middle East and Asia. She has also held business development related roles working with core and wealth clients at Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

Surridge said: “We are delighted Lichelle is joining the sales team at MPowered Mortgages. Her appointment is testament to our commitment both to expand our reach in the Midlands and also improve the service we offer brokers in the region.

“Lichelle is an experienced business development professional and her knowledge and extensive experience working with foreign nationals across global markets will be invaluable as we look to support foreign nationals fulfil their aspirations to be homeowners in the UK. MPowered has recently updated it criteria for foreign nationals which included increasing LTV to 90% for foreign nationals.

“At MPowered, we remain committed to delivering the best service to our broker network through a quick and hassle free mortgage process using the power of AI. Our What’s app service and online chatbot which supports brokers using our mortgage origination platform are just a few examples of how we continue to adapt to ensure we are delivering the best possible service to brokers.”