Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business development manager for the north of England and Scotland.
Arnold (pictured) has moved from the bank’s underwriting team, where she was team manager for the north, and taking over responsibility for supporting mortgage intermediaries across the region and promoting UTB’s range of specialist residential, buy-to-let and second charge products.
She takes over from Chris Pedlar who was recently promoted to head of sales – mortgages, as he assumes responsibility for the bank’s mortgages BDM team and takes the lead in delivering UTB’s sales strategy across its mortgage range.
UTB argues that there is considerable potential to grow new lending in the north and recently opened a satellite office in Manchester’s business district. The new offices, with desk space and access to plush meeting rooms, are primarily being used by UTB’s lending divisions, including mortgages, bridging, property development, asset finance and structured property finance.
UTB says the offices have become a busy base for the BDMs developing UTB’s activities in the North of England and a useful and convenient place to hold meetings with brokers and customers.
Caroline Mirakian, sales & marketing director – mortgages – United Trust Bank, said: “Fran is an excellent addition to the mortgages sales team and the knowledge she brings from her former role in underwriting is going to be a huge benefit to brokers.
“The north of England and Scotland offers a great opportunity for UTB to expand and develop its activities. The property markets in those regions have proven to be resilient and attractive for homebuyers and investors and with more and more customers now requiring the help of specialist lenders, it’s an exciting time for the UTB mortgages team.
“Fran’s appointment frees up Chris Pedlar to really get stuck into his new Head of sales role and drive new business. He is a fantastic sales leader and I’m very confident that with the support of his amazing BDM team that together they will achieve the ambitious targets we have set ourselves for 2025.”
