Freedom increases underwriting team

Neil Masey – is a regional underwriting manager responsible for London, Essex and the South Coast. Previously, Neil was head of mortgage operations for Infinity Mortgages and was also an underwriting team manager with Preferred Mortgages.

Geoff Atkinson – is a regional underwriting manager for the North. Geoff was previously an onsite underwriting manager with Future Mortgages and an underwriter with Newcastle Building Society.

Seema Mistry – is a field-based underwriter covering the Midlands and Birmingham. Seema was previously a senior mobile underwriter with GMAC-RFC.

Yvonne Skillings – is head of business delivery. Reporting to Richard Spinks, director of risk, Yvonne’s role is to ensure there is an appropriate technical infrastructure within Freedom Lending to support its future growth plans. Yvonne previously worked for a specialist software firm and Britannia Building Society.

Lilian Starkie, director of operations at Freedom Lending, said: “Our recruitment programme continues apace and we are continuing to look for experienced, high quality candidates for every part of our business. Freedom Lending has ambitious growth plans for 2007 and beyond and we will only be able to realise our objectives if we have the right people on board.”