CDS group appoints marketing director

Hurst will be responsible for marketing and promotion for the suite of “core” products which provide sourcing, application, compliance and customer relationship management systems.

Gordon Steyn, chief operations officer at CDS Group, said: “We are very pleased to announce that Richard is joining CDS Group to lead our marketing and PR activity.

“Richard is a highly experienced professional with extensive knowledge of the mortgage market having worked at a senior level for a variety of mortgage and technology firms including lenders, technology firms and sourcing provider Trigold.”

Hurst said: “This is a very exciting opportunity as the Core products truly represent the next generation of sourcing, application and compliance systems.

“It has been some time since there was such a radical shift forward in the technology available to intermediaries and lenders and I am very much looking forward to working with the team at CDS Group and their intermediary and lender clients.”