The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the appointment of a new regulatory trainer, Jane Gough.

Gough (pictured) will report to head of regulatory training, Aidan McCarthy, and will be responsible for the production and delivery of regulatory training throughout the network, looking at ways to improve and develop the material and training on offer to all appointed representative (AR) firms and their advisers.

She has over 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry and joins The Right Mortgage from Express Mortgages where she was most recently a senior mortgage consultant.

She has also run her own advisory firm, Jane Gough Mortgages, and before that was a mortgage and protection consultant at Countrywide Mortgages.

Ben Allen, compliance director at The Right Mortgage & Protection Network, said: “At the network we can continue to invest back into the business, and one of the best ways we can do this is by introducing more human resources into different functions, particularly regulatory. This should pay dividends for both us as a network and our adviser firms who will benefit from our growth and development.

“We are therefore very pleased to announce the addition of Jane to the TRM team where she’ll be focused on supporting our AR firms and their advisers on all their specific regulatory training needs, to ensure they are on top of their many responsibilities in this area.

“Jane has many years’ experience as a mortgage adviser herself and therefore is acutely aware of the shifting regulatory environment, particularly with Consumer Duty, and she will be working to put together an up-to-date programme of training and resources which reflect those changes. Highly-experienced with a skill-set to match, we’re sure Jane will be a big success at the network and with our firms.”

Gough added: “I had been considering a move away from the mortgage advice profession after 20 years on and off in the industry. However, when I saw the role on offer at The Right Mortgage & Protection Network I knew it was the job for me and one where I could use all my years of mortgage industry experience to be of real value to the business and its AR members.

“TRM itself attracted me as I felt the values aligned closely with my own; I’m looking forward to working with the team and all our firms.”