TMA has announced the appointment of Alison Stidolph, Paul Walton, Roger Holmes and Sara McKenna as specialist area supervision managers.

Together they have over 100 years’ regulatory experience and will help TMA support their DA firms with compliance matters.

Stidolph previously worked for Lloyds Banking Group for more than 26 years and later joined a local estate agents broker team in the North East of England as a compliance manager. Walton also started his career at Lloyds, and has 35 years of experience, including setting up an AR firm for three years with First Complete.

Holmes joined from Halifax Bank, where he worked as a mortgage adviser, branch manager and area mortgage manager. McKenna has been in the mortgage industry for 19 years. Her experience includes previously working as a compliance manager for a DA firm based in Surrey, where she managed the FCA register and complaints, and implemented controls for the firm.

Lisa Martin, DA development director at TMA, said: “With heightened regulatory focus on consumer duty, vulnerable customers and GI pricing coupled with Increased global threat of ransomware, TMA believe DA firms will hugely benefit from the support we offer, provided by subject matter experts from within our wider ‘Network of PRIMIS’.

“We want to support firms in keeping their businesses safe and resilient, whilst they focus their attention on supporting and serving their customers with financial advice reviews and requirements.”