Specialist lender Kensington Mortgages has appointed Eloise Hall (pictured) as its permanent head of national accounts, having taken on the role on an interim basis in May last year.
Hall took over from Francis Cassidy as she went on maternity leave and was the second time Hall has covered Cassidy’s role for this reason.
She has worked at Kensington Mortgages for around four years, initially joining as key account manager in 2019 before taking on the interim head of national accounts role in 2022.
Prior to that, she was a business development manager (BDM) at Principality Building Society for around two years and before that worked at Leeds Building Society for nearly five years in various BDM roles.
Earlier this year, Barclays completed the acquisition of Kensington Mortgages making it one of the few major banks with a specialist mortgage offering.
Brokers at the time said that the acquisition would make Kensington a “lender to be reckoned with”.
The lender has been widening its proposition, introducing tracker deals and longer-term fixed rates.
It has also partnered with the likes of Even and Proportunity.
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.
