Samantha will ensure the smooth running of operations systems at Advantage, drawing on her operations experience. Her particular focus will be packager business operations. In this role, Samantha will report to new director of originations, Tracy Stokes.
Samantha joins Advantage with over 15 years’ experience in the mortgage industry. Samantha previously worked at LMS as operations and development manager, responsible for managing the valuation panel and for the development of the company’s HIPs proposition. Prior to LMS, Samantha spent 12 years working for Abbey, where she held a variety of operational roles with increasing responsibility, and managed Abbey’s staff mortgage team. Her most recent role at Abbey was operations manager within the valuation services division, where she amalgamated five regional offices into one centre, managing the specialist support function for over 50 home-based surveyors.
Commenting on Samantha Shamim’s appointment, Advantage managing director Keith Dearling said: “We are looking forward to having Samantha on board and I am confident that her skills and experience in operations will be a huge benefit to the company as a whole. This is an exciting time for Advantage, operationally-speaking, with our free AVM service just having been launched, as well as the recent appointment of Tracy Stokes to oversee our operations’ team strategy and performance. I’m thrilled to be welcoming Samantha at such a crucial time.”
Samantha Shamim said: “I’m delighted to be joining Advantage and admire their innovative and practical approach to lending. The operations department is undergoing a period of expansion and progression and I look forward to playing a part in driving this element of the business forward.”
