Vida Homeloans has appointed Andy Alvarez (pictured) as to the newly created role of national sales manager.
In his role at Vida Homeloans he will oversee the field sales team who have direct relationships with the lender’s intermediary partners.
He will also work closely with their specialist teams, clubs, networks and packagers to find new opportunities for the lender to foster closer intermediary partnerships.
Alvarez was previously Mansfield Building Society’s head of mortgage sales for just under a year, and before that he worked at Nationwide Building Society for around 12 years becoming its head of diversity and inclusion.
Prior to that he held several roles at Morgan Stanley, Highstreet Homeloans and Advantage Homeloans to name a few.
He left Mansfield BS last year and said at the time that he was staying within intermediary distribution with a senior role at a specialist lender.
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.
