Optimum Credit has appointed Jon Callow to its sales team as a as business development manager (BDM), covering the South of England.

Callow (pictured) has a broad range of second charge mortgage market experience, having worked at FirstPlus, Nemo Personal Finance and Loanlink.

He said: “I am looking forward to this new challenge and engaging with brokers more directly. I believe my background in underwriting has given me a strong knowledge of the second charge industry and being at Optimum since the beginning will allow me to both understand and support our broker partners.”

Craig Collins, national sales manager for Optimum Credit, added: “Jon Has served a long apprenticeship within the industry and at Optimum and I have no doubt that these strong foundations will lead to him quickly becoming an important part of our sales team.”