Mortgage Advice Bureau’s head of learning and development Dave Bedlow has won a bronze award in the learning leader of the year category from the Learning and Performance Institute.
Bedlow has headed up Mortgage Advice Bureau’s learning and development team for six years and won the award for demonstrating ‘exceptional performance and contribution to the learning profession.’
He picked up his award in front of 450 professionals at a ceremony at the Dorchester, Park Lane, hosted by TV star Claudia Winkleman and live streamed around the world.
MAB said the finalists in the awards are shortlisted from entries from across the globe and represent the highest achieving individuals and organisations in this field.
Tesco, Hugo Boss, IBM, Coca Cola and Santander were among the other names recognised at the awards.
Bedlow said: “I was delighted to make the shortlist for this award, but to win Bronze in a field of learning and development (L&D) professionals who are all at the top of their game was incredible. It’s fantastic to see the focus we put on delivering impactful L&D here at Mortgage Advice Bureau recognised in this way and to know that we are not only amongst the best in the UK, but amongst the best in the world.”
MAB is still the only mortgage intermediary to have floated on the London Stock Exchange, having joined the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in November 2014.
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.