Paul Clampin has been appointed as director of mortgage underwriting for Paragon Mortgages.

He joins the Paragon Group of Companies having most recently been country manager UK and Northern Europe (mortgage insurance) for Chartis Insurance, working with mortgage lenders to help them mitigate risk. Prior to this, he was head of new lending for Mortgage Trust.

Clampin said: “The strong performance of Paragon’s existing loan book highlights the Group’s underwriting pedigree and I am looking forward to helping the Group continue its strategy of prudent and risk-averse lending. We are targeting high quality buy-to-let propositions.””