Chris was previously head of national accounts for Halifax Intermediaries. Chris joined HBOS in 1998 and has been leading Halifax' national account team since 2004. Chris will report in to Tim Hague, director of BM Solutions.
In addition, Christine Rouse has been promoted to head of marketing communications for BM Solutions. Christine will have responsibility for all of BM Solutions' day-to-day marketing communications activity and will report directly into Chris.
Tim Hague, director of BM Solutions, said: "I'm delighted to have secured Chris' services. Through talent and succession management we have been able to appoint a high calibre individual with an excellent reputation in the industry. We're also really pleased to have been able to reward Christine Rouse for her fantastic work in marketing and taking the function on to the next level."
Chris Pearson, head of sales & marketing at BM Solutions, said: "Working with the UK's largest and most successful specialist lender is a fantastic opportunity and one that I could not pass up. It will deliver tremendous scope to work with an extremely talented group of people and help shape an already industry leading proposition towards even greater success.
"Our intermediary partners are key to that success and we will continue to deliver the right blend of products, service innovations and relationship management to ensure those partnerships grow and flourish."