Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has hired Lee Isherwood (pictured) to its specialist mortgages sales team as a business development manager (BDM) for the North East.
In his role as BDM at HTB, Isherwood will be responsible for nurturing existing relationships with brokers in the North East and introducing brokers in the region to the firm’s proposition.
He joins from Molo, where he was a BDM for around a year, and before that, he was at Pepper Money for almost two years, initially as a business development consultant and then as a BDM.
Prior to that, he worked at Zephyr Homeloans for nearly four years, first as a mortgage consultant and telephone BDM.
Andrea Glasgow, sales director of specialist mortgages at HTB, said: “We pride ourselves on having the best of the best. By attracting top talent such as Lee, we’re creating our BDM dream team that does everything in their power to get deals over the line for brokers.
“Lee has bags of experience of doing just that. His passion and hunger to support brokers and his vast local knowledge [set] him up to be a fantastic addition to the North East team.”
Isherwood said: “The opportunity to join such a trailblazing specialist bank that’s constantly growing, such as HTB, was an easy decision.
“HTB already has a strong reputation in the North East for its local expertise and market-leading service, and was a big attraction to me. I’m based in Sunderland, and I can’t wait to start making a difference to our local brokers.”
HTB has been growing its team, bringing on Joseph Lethbridge as BDM for London and Anthony Gorman as bridging BDM for the North and adding Victoria Baily and Graham Smith to its portfolio management team.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
