Jenny Watts, COO at London-based digital broker Habito has quit the firm by "mutual agreement" two months after her promotion.
Watts joined the firm 10 months ago as MD marketplace and was promoted to COO almost two months ago to oversee the development, recruitment and advice services at the mortgage.
In September, Habito agreed an £18.5m series B capital-raising deal in its latest funding round, which it plans to use to raise profile, build brand and invest in technology. The adviser has raised £27.5m so far in its progression from series A to B funding over the last nine months, after a £5.5m deal agreed in January.
Habito is reportedly working with several major retail banks and high street lenders to integrate its technology and systems directly to achieve real-time mortgage approvals, as well as applications.
Before Habito, Watts spent more than four years with Metro Bank and was formerly UK head of lending operations at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, formerly Anglo Irish Bank.
A spokesperson from Habito said: “We can confirm Jenny has moved on from Habito. This was a mutual decision, she remains a friend of the business and we wish her every success for the future.”
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
