Skipton Building Society has appointed Andy Charalambous and James Duffy as business development managers (BDM).
Charalambous joins the business from Mortgage Magic, which is a mortgage platform catered to brokers, networks and distributors. He was deputy director for nearly two years.
Prior to that he worked at Countrywide Mortgages for just over a year, and was a BDM at London Credit for around a year. He has also held roles at AH Consultants and Santander.
Duffy started in the intermediary sector in 2016 and was most recently a BDM for the North East at Coventry BS for nearly four years.
John Scrivens, regional sales manager at Skipton Building Society, said: “Andy and James join the team at an exciting time as we’re continuing to expand our team of BDMs to support the intermediary market, as well as furthering Skipton’s ambition to become a top 10 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.
