Hodge appoints Managing Director of Mortgages

Hodge Bank has announced a number of changes to its mortgage team. As part of the changes, Ryan Davies has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mortgages, after having held the role on an interim basis since March 2020.

Before taking on the role of MD of Mortgages, Ryan Davies has held various roles within Hodge, after having joined the company through a graduate scheme in 2015. Ryan replaces Matt Burton in the role, who is now Group Retail Director and Deputy CEO.

The company has also announced the recruitment of three new Underwriters and a Business Development Manager, as well as creating a new Head of Mortgage Origination role, which has been filled by Emma Williamson.

Williamson, who steps into the role as Head of Mortgage Origination, has also worked within Hodge for a number of years. She previously managed the completions team and developed a customer journey to ensure responses to solicitor or customer queries within 24 hours. In this new structure, Williamson will manage the commission payments and ensure these are efficiently paid with corresponding statements. The new completions team will also handle porting, transfer of equity and further borrowing for all its customers.

Commenting on his appointment, Davies said: “With the stamp duty holiday ending in March, we are seeing increased demand across all of our mortgage products. We felt that, to maintain an excellent level of customer service, we needed to bring increased expertise into the team and make the journey more streamlined.”