Pandya has seven years’ mortgage and protection experience with HSBC and Lloyds and will help raise the body’s profile with advisers and consumers.
The Society of Mortgage Professionals has appointed Vishal Pandya as its new operations manager.
Pandya has seven years’ mortgage and protection experience with HSBC and Lloyds and will help raise the body’s profile with advisers and consumers.
Lee Travis, head of professional development, said: “Vishal will be focusing on enhancing our overall proposition to ensure that we deliver even more value back to our membership, as we strive to contribute to the development and sustainability of the mortgage and protection sector.
“Additionally, he will be helping to identify the necessary revisions to our business plan, as we seek to further our influence with the public.
“Vishal’s experience in the banking sector will also enable us to re-examine our strategy, with a view to forming closer relationships with corporate advisers to complement our links with smaller advisory firms.”
Pandya added: “We are aiming to emulate the way the Personal Finance Society have extended their reach with consumers and to enhance our role on all fronts in the mortgage market.
“We are the only dedicated professional body for mortgage advisers, with more than 7,800 individual members, and in the future will be looking to broaden our support, particularly in the protection and general insurance sectors.”
