Chris Goodwin has been appointed as business development manager for London & European.

Focused on the north of the country, Goodwin will be responsible working with mortgage intermediaries, legal firms and other businesses involved in the property market to promote London & European’s range of products including conveyancing, title insurance, legal indemnities, electronic ID and professional indemnity insurance.

He joins from OneSearch Direct where he was business development manager dealing with a client base of HIP providers and conveyancing lawyers throughout the north of England. Prior to that Goodwin was responsible for developing new and existing client relationships for a firm of solicitors with estate agents and developers as well as building a client base for the firm’s HIP operation.

Before that he spent two years at a leading national property search provider and several years at First Title as business development regional manager.

He will report directly to London & European’s group sales manager Parveen Kumari.

Kumari said: “Chris brings years of experience of the mortgage industry to L&E. He’s got a fantastic depth of knowledge of our core product lines and understands the challenges that many of our clients face having worked in both legal and property search businesses. I’m delighted to welcome him on board and am confident that he is going to make a valuable contribution to L&E as we seek to diversify into new areas as well as extend our presence further in our traditional marketplaces.”””