It appoints a new compliance manager, a marketing officer, and two customer-facing staff
Swansea Building Society has expanded its team with four new appointments.
Ian Burman joins the mutual as risk and compliance manager. He has spent the last 10 years working in internal audit and assurance in the energy sector for companies including EDF Energy, SSE, and OVO Energy.
In another key hire, Henry Darby-Cook was appointed as marketing and communications officer. He becomes the first member of staff to be appointed in a role focused solely on marketing in the building society’s 99-year history. He comes to the job with several years of experience as a digital content creator and marketeer with companies including Tomos Watkin Brewery and SMR (UK).
Also recently employed at Swansea Building Society were two more customer-facing staff to work at its Portland Street, Swansea, and Carmarthen branches. Ceri Jones joins Swansea’s flagship branch in Portland Street, while Liwsi Ebsworth joins the Carmarthen branch.
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“I am delighted we have been able to bolster our team in this way, and it’s great to be able to welcome Ian, Henry, Ceri and Liwsi to the society,” Alun Williams, chief executive at Swansea Building Society, said. “The four of them arrive at a key moment in the society’s history, as we approach our centenary year and have just passed several very important milestones, including exceeding £500 million in total assets under management.
“The new appointments show our commitment to expanding the society and strengthening our growing team, as we continue our ethos of opening, not closing, branches across the region. Everything we do is towards our aim of giving more people the opportunity to build for a stable financial future with mortgage and savings products which are suited to their individual needs and circumstances.”
