The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced the appointment of Ian Hughes as head of product.

Hughes joins after 12 years at Kensington Mortgages, where he was head of product development.

He has a wealth of experience developing mortgage products, as well as other product areas including credit cards, personal loans, and secured loans.

Prior to his role at Kensington Mortgages, he was product manager at HFC bank for almost seven years.

In his new role, Hughes will be responsible for managing product development across the business, developing new customer propositions to help drive TML in its next phase of growth.

He said: “It’s an exciting opportunity to be joining TML and the outstanding team that brings it to life. I believe in the goals and ambitions of the business, and TML has already had a big impact in the specialist lending market, having brought truly new and innovative products to market. TML is growing and I’m looking forward to helping drive the next phase of its journey.”

Steve Griffiths, sales and product director at TML, added: “Ian has a huge amount of experience in mortgage product development and we’re looking forward to the innovation and leadership that he will bring to the TML team. It’s incredibly important to us that we are consistently looking to strengthen our product offerings and refresh our customer propositions, and Ian’s expertise will help us to achieve this.”