Santander UK has appointed Aimie-Jo Shutt as a key account manager, where she will work closely with its broker and distribution partners.
She will join the firm on 6 June and report to Santander UK’s head of business development and key accounts, Graham Sellar.
She joins from HSBC for Intermediaries, where she spent six years working as a business development manager.
Prior to that she worked at Kinleigh Financial Services, and as a mortgage and protection manager at HSBC’s York branch.
Sellar said: “We’re delighted to welcome Aimie-Jo to the team. Aimie-Jo’s strong relationships throughout the industry along with her breadth of industry experience will make a valuable addition both to us as a lender, but also to all our partners that she will be supporting.”
Shutt added: “It’s a real honour to be joining Santander for Intermediaries at such a key time for the industry. The business has a great reputation among its brokers and distribution partners alike, and I’m looking forward to getting out and about and supporting our intermediary partners.”
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