Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Jane Benjamin as head of lender relationships.

Benjamin has worked in the financial services industry for over 15 years and has held senior management roles at companies including Santander and Pink Home Loans.

She will be responsible for leading and managing the group’s day-to-day relationships with new and existing lenders. She will report into SBG sales director, Mark Graves and will work alongside SBG’s senior product manager, Rob McCoy.

Meanwhile, Lauren Bagley is taking up the role of marketing manager at SBG. Also reporting to Graves, Bagley has 10 years of financial services experience in roles at LSL Group and Legal & General Insurance. Her most recent role was at the Right Mortgage & Protection Network.

In her new role Bagley will have responsibility for promoting the group’s range of services and support to its mortgage club and network members.

Graves said: “SBG has a strong track record of securing the best products and exclusives for its members. Today’s announcement is a further demonstration of how we are investing in order to remain at the forefront of this important area. With new lenders joining the market all the time and more innovative products, we are committed to delivering the strongest mortgage and protection proposition in the market for advisers to offer their new and existing clients.

“The experience that Jane and Lauren bring will be valuable to our team and will help us to deliver on our ambitious plans for our business, members and customers.”

Benjamin added: “I am excited to be joining such a strong and experienced team. There is a real commitment and focus across the group to put customers and our members at the heart of everything we do. I am looking forward to helping the team deliver a market-leading mortgage and protection proposition for advisers and their customers.”