United Trust Bank Mortgages has made two key appointments in new lending and underwriting roles to support its growth plans.

Mareeza Mitri has been promoted to new lending manager, succeeding Dave Burke who was recently promoted to head of buy-to-let underwriting. Mitri (pictured) will report to Toby Wilson, UTB Mortgages’ head of underwriting, with her main objective being to lead the front-end support for Premier Panel and packager relationships.

Meanwhile, Fran Arnold has been promoted to team manager, taking over Mitri’s role leading the northern underwriting team who provide roving underwriting support to key brokers in their own offices.

Buster Tolfree, director of mortgages – United Trust Bank, said: “I am delighted to announce these promotions for Mareeza and Fran. They have excelled themselves this year and fully deserve their new jobs which will see them play vital roles in further enhancing the support we provide to our key broker partners and packagers as we continue to grow the business.

“I am particularly pleased that we have again made these important appointments from within the team. We love seeing people develop and do all we can to help them progress in their careers and achieve their potential.”