She will report to Matt Surridge, sales director at MPowered Mortgages.
Samra joins the company from Natwest, where she was a business development manager (BDM) for around a year, and before that worked at Prosperity Wealth for over two years.
Prior to that, she worked at Charter Court Financial Services for a year, and also was at Signature Financial for nearly a year.
Samra was at Barclays between 2006 and 2015, then went to Royal Bank of Scotland for nearly two years and returned to Barclays for around a year.
Surridge said: “We are delighted Lichelle is joining the sales team at MPowered Mortgages. Her appointment is testament to our commitment both to expand our reach in the Midlands and also improve the service we offer brokers in the region.
“Lichelle is an experienced business development professional and her knowledge and extensive experience working with foreign nationals across global markets will be invaluable as we look to support foreign nationals fulfil their aspirations to be homeowners in the UK.
“MPowered has recently updated its criteria for foreign nationals, which included increasing loan to value (LTV) to 90 per cent for foreign nationals.”
Surridge added: “At MPowered, we remain committed to delivering the best service to our broker network through a quick and hassle free mortgage process using the power of AI.
“Our Whatsapp service and online chatbot, which supports brokers using our mortgage origination platform, are just a few examples of how we continue to adapt to ensure we are delivering the best possible service to brokers.”
