4 September 2006

Platform strengthens sales team with new BDM appointments

Platform, the intermediary lender of Britannia, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Business Development Managers to its Sales team. Kelsey Edge will manage operations in the East Midlands and Andy Brooke in the south of England.

In their new positions, Kelsey and Andy will be responsible for increasing business in their respective regions by enhancing Platform’s relationships with existing intermediary contacts and packager accounts and developing new contacts to grow business volume.

Kelsey was previously Department Manager for the mortgage packaging and underwriting divisions of Derby-based brokers Mortgage Force and prior to that held senior underwriting and customer service positions with Future Finance and Halifax Plc.

Andy previously spent seven years with Zurich Financial Services in a variety of senior management positions and more recently spent three years with Enterprise Broker Services as Head of Group Operations.

Commenting on the appointments Richard Beardshaw, Platform’s Head of Sales said: “Kelsey and Andrew bring with them many years of strong management and sales experience and we are delighted to welcome them both to Platform. We have ambitious plans for the future as we anticipate writing even greater volumes of business in the remainder of the year and these appointments will be key to ensuring our continuing success.”

Kelsey Edge will report into Regional Manager Richard Daibell and Andrew Brooke into Divisional Sales Manager Phil Riches.

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