Andrew Lees, Paragon Mortgages’ head of sales, is to retire in February.

He has worked with Paragon for the past 23 years, and plans to devote more time to his family and other interests.

Throughout his career at Paragon Andrew has secured and developed a wide intermediary distribution platform for Paragon Mortgages and Mortgage Trust in the buy-to-let market.

Lees said: “I would like to thank my intermediary contacts for their support over the years