Norton Group has recruited Marc Howson as director of compliance.

He is tasked with overseeing activity across the group, including Norton Home Loans and Norton Broker Services.

Howson (pictured) has more than 20 years’ experience working in financial services across banking, lending, and credit management sectors. He has held operational, legal and compliance oversight roles at a number of firms including heylo housing, Lowell, TransUnion, Kensington Mortgages and UK Asset Resolution.

Most recently, he managed the design and operationalisation of the risk management, compliance and governance capabilities of a start-up mortgage business that was looking to enter the specialist lending market.

As director of compliance at the Norton Group, he will have responsibility to establish, implement and maintain robust policies and procedures to ensure the business is able to meet and monitor its regulatory obligations, with a focus on good customer outcomes.

Howson said: “I am delighted to have joined a business with such established history. The Norton brand is synonymous with providing real life lending solutions that make a positive difference to people’s lives.

“I am looking forward to developing the business further to help it achieve its strategic ambitions and continue to build a customer focused, compliance led culture that aims to deliver good customer outcomes.”

Paul Stringer, managing director of Norton Group, added: “We are very pleased to welcome Marc to the Norton Group. He has a wealth of experience, coupled with a hands-on attitude, which will help us to ensure we continue to meet the real-life borrowing needs of customers and deliver positive outcomes, whilst maintaining our commitment to acting on and monitoring our regulatory obligations.”