Just Mortgages has announced the appointment of the group’s first female financial services director, Kerry-Ann Davies.

Davies has 16 years of experience in financial services having spent 13 years at NatWest where she managed a team of mortgage advisers. More recently she has worked as divisional sales director for Butters John Bee (BJB), an estate agency chain acquired two years ago by Just Mortgages’ parent group, Spicerhaart.

Just Mortgages suggested its latest appointment will help to continue its expansion and diversity drive.

Before her promotion to financial services director, Davies was already managing the largest team of mortgage advisers within Just Mortgages, and the group indicated her new role will be to grow the financial services operation across the west of the UK.

“This is a fantastic opportunity,” Davies commented. “In the past four years, Just Mortgages has grown from 115 advisers to 430 now, but there is still so much opportunity and I relish the opportunity to play an integral part in this next stage of growth.

“It is a testament of how well run and how well thought of Just Mortgages is, that quite so many mortgage advisers are looking to join us. There are so many opportunities both for the company as a whole and for individual advisers to grow their careers and I am looking forward to helping them to achieve that.”

Just Mortgages added that while responsible for all the financial services operation in her region, a recent restructure within Spicerhaart means that Davies will now work closely with Spicerhaart’s estate agency, lettings and new homes operations.

National sales director for Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart, John Phillips, added: “Kerry-Ann was the clear choice to be appointed to this role; her experience is beyond question and her accomplishments in helping to develop mortgage advisers to grow their careers have been remarkable.

“What is just as important, however, was her boundless energy and enthusiasm. The appointment of a financial services director is a really key role in our business, and I know Kerry-Ann will make a great success of it.”

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