Paradigm announce new Director of Mortgages

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Richard Howes as its new Director of Mortgages.

Howes who will take up the new role from mid-July replaces Head of Paradigm Mortgage Services, John Coffield, who last week announced he will be stepping down from his position and retiring at the end of August.

Howes joins Paradigm from Santander for Intermediaries where he was most recently National Key Account Manager having held a number of intermediary-facing roles. He joined Santander in 1995 as an Area Sales Manager within Life & Pensions, later moving to become a National Key Account Manager to run teams initially covering mortgages and latterly the private banking space with Cater Allen.

Bob Hunt, CEO of Paradigm Mortgage Services,  said “It was always our aim to move quickly in terms of announcing a replacement for John and we are very pleased to be able to bring Richard on board in July, who comes with a huge amount of experience in the intermediary market and a drive to work for our member firms and lender/provider partners. The fact that both Richard and John will be working together for six weeks prior to John’s retirement is another huge plus point, as it will give us time to fully immerse Richard into his new role and responsibilities and will ensure all our stakeholders benefit from his ability to hit the ground running. We’re all looking forward to welcoming Richard to the Paradigm team next month.”