Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has made two new appointments.

Ross Burnett joins SMS as its new business development manager (BDM) having previously worked at Abbey plc, HSBC, Countrywide, Nat West and Lloyds TSB among others.

Kay Sallis, joins the in-house team and with experience gained at Woolwich, Santander, UCB and the Good Mortgage Company.

Ian Balfour, chief executive officer at SMS, said: “We are delighted to welcome Ross and Kay. Their experience will be very much welcomed by our introducers.

“With intermediaries responsible for the majority of mortgage origination in the UK and with a bewildering choice of products and service available, it is even more important that those brokers and their clients with complex requirements have access to a service like ours.

“Dealing with SMS gives brokers not only a whole of market proposition but more importantly a knowledge base second to none. Our new recruits will add immeasurably to the service we offer.”