Equity release advisory service Equity Release Supermarket has appointed three advisers and made another hire to its head office operations.
Jon Styles, Adam Lombardo and Kelly Hodgkiss all take on adviser roles, and will cover all areas of the UK either telephone, video or livechat services to help consumers worldwide. Amy Payne will join as senior marketing executive.
Styles joins from Nationwide where he worked for nearly nine years, most recently as deputy specialist mortgage advice manager.
Lombardo also joins from Nationwide where he worked for nearly 20 years as a mortgage consultant.
Hodgkiss has been working in financial services since 2003 and then started to focus on later life in 2019.
Payne previously worked at the TMA Club as a marketing executive for around six years and before that worked in various roles at Sesame Bankhall.
Mark Gregory, founder and CEO at Equity Release Supermarket, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Jon, Kelly, Adam and Amy to our expansive and well-established team. Their respective expertise will help us to further strengthen our position and reach throughout the UK.
“It is always our aim to provide the best possible service to our customers, which is why we invest so heavily in our people, expertise and technology.”
He added: “We are also very proud to still be creating new career opportunities at a difficult time for the industry.”
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.
