Mortgage Intelligence has hired well-known industry face Graham Wood to its senior management team as head of products and partnerships.
Wood joins from Countrywide where he worked for 26 years. His most recent role was as head of mortgage partnerships. In that role, Graham headed a number of projects and helped to build lender relationships to provide choice for Countrywide advisers.
Mortgage Intelligence was purchased by Connells Group in March this year, the same month Connells completed its £130m acquisition of Countrywide. The company owns three appointed representative networks as well as its Next Intelligence DA mortgage club which has 4,500 members.
Sally Laker, managing director of Mortgage Intelligence, said: “We are really looking forward to working with Graham as part of our team.
“He brings a wealth of knowledge, and a professional approach to the role, both product wise and working closely with all of our business partnerships.”
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
Follow her on Twitter at @ShekinaMS
