Improvements to Leeds Building Society’s intermediary proposition in the past 12 months include an increase in procuration fees, withdrawal of the booking fee, and expanded online capability with the re-launch of the website for intermediaries.
The intermediary team has tripled in size and underwriting capacity also has been enlarged.
The team has been restructured and will come under the leadership of Louisa Sedgwick, formerly Head of Corporate Accounts, who assumes the new role of Head of Intermediary Distribution.
To support Louisa, two new roles have been created and recruitment is ongoing to fill these posts.
These new National Business Development Managers for the North and the South will have some corporate account management responsibility and each will lead a team of six Regional Development Managers.
In her new role, Louisa will continue to report to Martin Richardson, Leeds Building Society’s General Manager for Business Development.
Martin said:
“We have worked hard to establish solid foundations within our intermediary management team and Louisa’s appointment further supports our desire to work closely with our intermediary partners.
“We have enjoyed an excellent start to the year and have the appetite to further increase our lending through intermediaries and improve our service and proposition by continuing to listen, react and innovate.”
Louisa added:
“I am very excited by the opportunities the restructure will bring as we have invested heavily in our team as lending by the Society through brokers has risen.
“The Society has made some impressive changes to develop its intermediary proposition over the past few years, both pre- and post-MMR, and we will continue to support the growing needs of our brokers and their customers.”
