Digital bank Chetwood Financial has hired Roger Morris as its group distribution director.
Morris has more than 30 years of experience in the mortgage sector and was most recently at Tandem Bank as its director of sales and distribution for two years. He departed in April when the lender made redundancies in its first charge mortgage team.
Morris has held a number of senior roles in the mortgage sector, including two-and-a-half years at OSB Group, where he was most recently the group lending engagement director. He also spent nine years at Precise Mortgages as the sales director, and worked at Affirmative Finance for over two years as the sales and marketing director.
He also founded mortgage packager Em Financial in 2001 and was the managing director for nearly eight years.
Morris joins Chetwood Financial as it prepares for the launch of its buy-to-let (BTL) lender ModaMortgages and following its recent acquisition of CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries (CMI).
At Chetwood Financial, Morris will be responsible for distribution and initially focus on the mortgage networks and clubs working with CMI.
He will also use his extensive experience and knowledge to provide educational support and workshops to mortgage brokers.
Morris (pictured) said: “The established CMI brand is well-placed to scale and go from strength to strength, which is really exciting. There is a fantastic opportunity to build CMI and ModaMortgages into leading specialist lenders that offer propositions designed around mortgage brokers and with education at their very heart.
“It’s a privilege to be part of such an amazing team and I’m looking forward to spreading the message and playing my part in building CMI and ModaMortgages as significant players in the buy-to-let market.”
Andy Mielczarek, Chetwood Financial’s founder and CEO, added: “This is an exciting appointment and it’s a real coup for us to get someone of Roger’s pedigree and undoubted calibre on board.
“As a well-known personality in the market, his energy, enthusiasm and passion for financial services will help us take the next step of our journey as we look to establish the two brands as leading buy-to-let lenders.”
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
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