They all make strategic appointments
Specialist packager Brilliant Solutions, national brokerage Just Mortgages, and residential lender April Mortgages have separately announced the appointments of new directors.
Brilliant Solutions has appointed Sonny Gosai (pictured left) as its bridging and commercial director.
Returning to the company after previous roles, Gosai brings extensive experience from positions such as senior sales development manager at Norton Finance and sales and operations manager at Clever Lending.
His remit includes evolving Brilliant Solutions’ propositions and overseeing packaging activities and client referrals across bridging finance, development finance, and commercial mortgages.
Meanwhile, Just Mortgages has promoted Tara Panayi (pictured centre) to the position of divisional sales director.
She takes over the position from Gareth Lowndes, who was recently promoted to sales director of Just Mortgages’ client services division.
Panayi, a top-performing adviser with the company since 2011, was promoted to mortgage manager earlier this year. She will now oversee and support new and existing advisers in her region, focusing on recruitment, development, and day-to-day support. Her role will involve working closely with advisers in Darlows estate agency branches across Cardiff, South Wales, and the surrounding area.
In a related development, April Mortgages has appointed Stephanie Burke (pictured right) as director of risk and compliance.
Burke brings extensive experience to her new role, having headed up various compliance teams within mortgage lenders and broker firms, as well as the insight gained from starting her career on the operations side as a mortgage adviser.
She joins from Selina Finance, where she was most recently head of risk and compliance. She also previously worked as senior compliance manager at Trussle.
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