Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the recruitment of four new staff members across its business divisions.
The recruitment drive follows on from Bluestone’s UK pilot launch in October 2015, which announced the specialist product range aimed at self-employed, contractors and customers with an adverse credit history, who are currently underserved by mainstream UK lenders.
As key account manager, Neil Tribick will be responsible for managing key relationships in the North of England. Before working at Bluestone, He previously worked at Castle Trust as a business development manager. He will work with John Smith, key account manager, South, and both will be supported by a broker support team based in London.
Chris Bowyer will be in charge of the UK mortgage servicing and arrears management functions at Bluestone. He has experience in a broad range of banking and finance senior and executive level positions, including recent mortgage servicing operational leadership roles with the Co-op Bank, Permanent TSB and AIB Bank.
Tekananda Narrainsawmy joins as senior servicing specialist from Nationwide’s mortgage servicing operations and will support the servicing and arrears management functions.
Finally, Joe Akosah becomes a digital marketing executive. He has nine years of marketing experience, having worked across digital, brand and online marketing strategies. He will be responsible for delivering Bluestone’s digital marketing plans.
Matt Andrews, managing director of Bluestone Mortgages, said: “The new appointments join us at a very exciting point in Bluestone’s business development and we are eager to capitalise on the recent success of our UK pilot launch and continue to drive growth within the business. I feel confident the new team will be instrumental in propelling us forward.
“Through our pilot launch and investment into our team, we intend to build a truly collaborative partnership with brokers, which will help us shape and develop our business, in readiness for a full market launch to help close the gap of UK consumers who are currently underserved by mainstream lenders.”
