Trustguard expands team

Harries joins Cardiff-based packager Trustguard from West Bromwich Building Society.

He is one of 10 new starters at the company, which now employs 77 people, an increase of 28% since the beginning of the year.

The other appointments comprise: Linda Thomas, who joins as a mortgage underwriter from Barclays Bank; Cate Spenceley, recruited from the NHS as a mortgage processor; Sam Bush, a loan underwriter who joins from a firm of local solicitors; Monika Kusmierz is appointed loan underwriter and was with a loan packager; Michelle Holland, Trustguard’s commercial manager, who was also employed by a loan packager;

The remainder of the appointments are to Trustguard’s loan sales team. They are Andy Rotchell, who joins loan sales from Legal & General; Kerry Gough, who was formerly with a loan packager; Peter Finch comes from Barclays; and, finally, Rhodri Williams joins from TBMC.