Rhys Powell (pictured) has been made national sales manager at Bank of Ireland UK for its intermediary mortgage business.
Powell joined the bank last year as national account manager. He has more than 14 years of experience in the financial services sector.
Prior to joining Bank of Ireland UK, he was at Twenty7Tec for more than a year where he started as relationship development manager, before moving to the role of national account manager.
Powell worked for Natwest for over three years as field business development manager and before that worked at TSB, rising to business development manager.
Alan Longhorn, head of sales, distribution and marketing at Bank of Ireland UK, said: “I’m delighted to see Rhys appointed to this role. Rhys brings a wealth of experience in intermediary engagement from his previous role, which coupled with his significant knowledge of the financial services sector will ensure he is well placed to support our intermediary partners.”
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
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