Nicola Boardman has joined Pepper Homeloans as its head of origination.

She will be responsible for developing and delivering Pepper’s service proposition to both intermediaries and borrowers.

Boardman (pictured) is an experienced operations manager and is a ‘certified lean Six Sigma black belt’.

She reports to Richard Spinks, director of lending operations.

Spinks said: “I’m delighted to welcome Nicola to our growing team here at Pepper. She brings with her a wealth of experience managing lending operations and developing people and I know that she will be able to make a significant impact on the business.”

Boardman said: “Pepper Homeloans is going from strength-to-strength and this is a great time to be joining such a dynamic business. I’m looking forward to working with the Pepper team to ensure we deliver a first-class service to intermediaries and their clients.”