YBS Commercial Mortgages has hired Kirren Sira as its relationship manager for the Midlands, bringing its regional team to seven.
Sira (pictured) will work closely with Midlands regional director John Little, as well as relationship directors James Steadman, Khalid Mahmood, Loren Coles and Chris Gagg.
Prior to joining YBS Commercial Mortgages she was a business manager at NatWest for nearly eight years and has also worked as a business adviser at Lloyds Banking Group.
She will be based in YBS Commercial Mortgages office on New Street in Birmingham but will be working remotely in the immediate future.
The Midlands team was launched 18 months ago, and has since doubled in size.
Little said: “It’s testament to our growth in the commercial property sector that we’ve managed to double the size of the team during a global pandemic. We’re now in a great position to move forward with our expansion plans in 2022.”
He added hiring Sira to the team brought it to “full capacity” with four relationship directors and two relationship managers for the region.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
