The move comes as part of its strategy to further grow sales volumes, market share and the support available to its intermediaries Nine new business development managers (BDMs) have been appointed across all UK regions, strengthening Commercial First’s regional presence and support the existing regional sales managers (RSMs). The recruitment brings the field sales team at Commercial First to twenty.
In the South West region Nicola Banfield, previously a roving underwriter with Preferred Mortgages, and Dominic Walford, previously an IFA at Worldwide Financial Planning Limited, both join as BDMs working with RSM Paul Bishop. Mario Pucino, previously a risk assessor with Commercial First, joins the South Central region working with RSM Karen Glenister, and Mark Denny joins from Nat West where he was a BDM to work with RSM Liz Overs in South East region.
Emma Cox joins from CHL where she was a BDM and will work with RSM Steve Sales in the London region, and Marc Turner, who previously worked for Abacus Mortgages, will work with RSM Sarah Woolf in the Midlands region. Mark Heywood joins from Knight Funding covering the North West region working with RSM Paula Purdy, and Gail Johnson- previously a BDM at Northern Rock joins RSM Stephen Kisby in the North East region. Martin Gallagher was previously a BDM at Royal Bank of Scotland and now joins the Scotland and Northern Ireland region working with RSM Martin Bloe
Stephen Johnson, sales and marketing director at Commercial First said: “We are very fortunate to have been able to recruit new sales team members with such a high degree of experience and expertise. We believe that the growth potential for marketing commercial mortgages through intermediaries is immense, and we are investing heavily throughout our entire business to ensure we maintain our market leading position.
This recruitment activity has been achieved mainly through recommendation and referral, with our existing RSM’s playing a key role in attracting new talent to the company. This is very important to us as the existing sales team have established one of the best reputations in the mortgage industry for professionalism and delivery.
We extend a warm welcome to all our new sales staff and hope they will all enjoy a long and successful career at Commercial First as we turn our ambitious growth plans into reality. ”
