It announces new appointments as part of its growth plans
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), the mortgage intermediary brand and specialist network, has announced personnel movements, including the appointment of Danny Belton (pictured) as head of lending.
Belton spent more than 30 years at Legal & General, with considerable experience in growing the L&G Mortgage Club. He will be replacing Brian Murphy, who will retire at the end of August, having spent 20 years with the company.
MAB also announced the internal appointment of Karina Gerdes to work alongside Belton to drive the growth of green mortgages and furthering MAB’s ESG plans. Having contributed significantly to coordinating the group’s ESG progress, Gerdes is expected to advance MAB’s work in the green mortgage space.
Steve Humphries, previously proposition director of later life and wealth at MAB, will take on the new and wider role of mortgages proposition director. He is tasked to help firms and advisers to identify incremental mortgage opportunities across the wider market, including later life lending.
Aaron Conlon, who is currently managing director at Fluent Lifetime, will be joining Humphries as MAB seeks to bring its later life lending proposition in-house, providing a more inclusive service to its business partners and their customers. Conlon’s responsibilities will extend to growing MAB’s new later life lending proposition alongside Fluent’s.
“This is the right time for MAB to further strengthen its presence in lending,” commented Ben Thompson, deputy chief executive at Mortgage Advice Bureau. “I’m delighted to welcome Danny to MAB as our new head of lending.
“Also, despite the clear 2050 net zero agenda for carbon emissions and the various housing and mortgage-related targets, green mortgages are hardly scratching the surface yet and need to grow. Danny and Karina will work closely in this area and help to stimulate greater momentum, and this is an exciting time to be pushing harder in this space.”
Thompson added that they were excited to have strengthened the mortgage network’s service in more specialist areas, such as later life lending.
“We are keen to provide broader choice for advisers and greater inclusivity for customers through bringing this important area in-house,” he said. “Appointing Steve into his new role will also help us to help more aspiring first-time buyers, ensure those with more specialist lending needs obtain mortgages, and again find ways for advisers to write more business and help more customers.
“It’s also great to have Aaron’s expert support alongside Steve, as he broadens his role to help MAB, as well as Fluent Lifetime.”
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