Virgin Money’s head of customer acquisition, Sarah Green (pictured), will depart from the business after nearly six years with the firm.
According to a Virgin Money spokesperson, Richard Walker will take up responsibility for leading the intermediary division.
Walker was promoted to national sales manager in September this year.
Green’s onwards move remains unconfirmed.
They added: “We can confirm that Sarah Green will leave Virgin Money later this year to explore new opportunities. We thank Sarah for her drive and determination in bringing together the Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank mortgage businesses.”
She was most recently head of customer acquisition for just under a year. Prior to her current role she worked as head of mortgage distribution for just over a year and before that was director of intermediary sales for nearly four years.
Before joining Virgin Money, she was head of sales and marketing at Kensington Mortgages for just over a year and before that worked at Barclays for over seven years in various senior roles, including head of national accounts.
Virgin Money reported a 0.7 per cent rise in mortgage lending this year, with a total mortgage balance of £58.7bn in the third quarter to June 2021.
It said that it would continue its digital strategy by encouraging customer adoption of technology, improve flexibility of employee working and automation.
It added that it would continue to develop its green mortgage product, the first of which launched earlier this year.
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.
