West One has created a new mortgage division, consolidating its BTL, residential mortgages and secondary charge business under this.
The new division will be led by Marie Grundy who has been appointed to the role of managing director of mortgages.
Marie has been with West One since 2017, helping drive growth of the lender’s second charge and residential propositions.
This restructure will see Phill Tyson take up the role of head of mortgage operations, overseeing the underwriting operations for the newly created division.
West One’s head of intermediary sales and distribution, Paul Huxter, and his sales team will now be leading the sales of BTL in addition to residential mortgages, focusing on club and network partners.
At the same time, packaging partners will now also benefit from dedicated support for BTL mortgages from the specialist distribution team, led by Pauline Rylands.
This also means that West One will offer dedicated sales support for its short-term lending division, incorporating bridging and development finance under the leadership of Guy Murray and Tom Cantor.
West One has made these changes to ready the business of further growth, given the success achieved since its 2022 launch.
“By consolidating our mortgage products into one division we put ourselves in the best possible position to be easy to deal with and to provide a joined-up, efficient service,” said Danny Waters, CEO at Enra Specialist Finance, West One’s parent company (pictured above).
“Marie has been with us for eight years, and in that time has been a tremendous ambassador for the firm and has delivered continued success.
“I can think of no one better qualified to spearhead this next phase of our growth.”
