Specialist lender Together has hired Keith Jones as national account manager.

This follows the lender’s move to open its products up to broker networks across the UK.

Jones (pictured) has over 20 years’ experience in the mortgage and financial services industry and will build broker relationships, focusing on the networks and wider intermediary market.

He previously worked as a key account manager for Northview Group (working for Kensington Mortgages and New Street Mortgages), with prior roles at Legal & General, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock.

Jones said: “Together is a lender that’s prepared to do things differently to get the best outcome for the customers, which has been a major factor in its growth. Coming into the business you get a real sense of the energy and drive that go alongside that and I’m delighted to join at such an exciting time.

“I look forward to building and nurturing relationships with our intermediaries and introducing more brokers to our common sense philosophy.”

Richard Tugwell, group intermediary relationship director at Together, added: “It’s a pleasure to welcome Keith to the team at a time when we are really growing the business. He has extensive experience in the intermediary market and will be helping us to get the best out of our relationships with the networks, which to date include Instrinsic, Tenet Group, HL Partnership (HLP) and The Right Mortgage & Protection Network.”