The Mansfield has appointed Sabiha Moghal (pictured) as a business development manager (BDM) to its business development team.
In her role she will build key relationships with brokers and build awareness of the mutual’s “flexible approach to lending”.
She joins the team from the State Bank of India, where she worked for nearly five years as a BDM.
Prior to that she was a mortgage and protection manager at HSBC for over three years, after having worked as a mortgage and protection adviser at Lloyds TSB for around three years.
The Mansfield’s intermediary sales manager Tom Denman-Molloy said that having Moghal with the business would allow it to continue delivering year-on-year growth by developing stronger ties with core broking partners.
He added: “I’m delighted that Sabiha has joined the society, she brings with her a wealth of experience and I’ve no doubt that she will be an exceptional addition to the team.”
Moghal said: “The Mansfield has an excellent reputation as a building society that combines its common sense approach with an enviable range of mortgage options and lending criteria.
“I’m really looking forward to working with the sales support team to help brokers find solutions that enable them to write more business and delight their clients.”
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.
