Rodrigo will be responsible for growing the team of employed mortgage advisers at Just Mortgages, supporting Felicity J Lord estate agency branches across London.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage and financial services sectors, which he will use to support advisers in their daily duties and ongoing development.
Rodrigo started his career at Barclays, where he worked for over seven years and held several management roles.
He worked as an area mortgage manager, where he was responsible for nine consultants, a loans team and two branches.
Rodrigo was headhunted to join HBOS, where he progressed from area mortgage manager to city manager, then became an area manager.
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In 2019, he was promoted to regional mortgage manager and led a team of nine area mortgage managers and more than 60 consultants.
Rodrigo then joined Connells as a senior area mortgage manager, then moved into the retail sector in senior customer experience and operations roles.
At Just Mortgages, Rodrigo will work with the financial services directors, estate agency teams and wider senior management to support the continued growth of the employed division. The brokerage currently has more than 150 employed advisers in estate agency branches across the UK.
Rodrigo (pictured) said: “I am very excited to join what is clearly an excellent company. Reaching out to colleagues I knew already, everyone was really complimentary about Just Mortgages, which made the decision to join even easier. It’s been great to meet the wider team and my induction has been excellent. I’m really energised and I’m looking forward to getting started and to growing my team.
“I have plenty of experience to share from across mortgages and estate agency, and I know what it takes to build a successful team. It’s great to hit the ground running and to be having advanced talks with some really experienced and exciting candidates. With the team in place, we can really focus on doing things the right way and delivering that first-class service to clients. At the same time, we can build a really positive culture that enables colleagues to develop and be successful.”
John Phillips, CEO of Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart, added: “Our employed division continues to be a high-performing part of our business, full of tremendous talent. Adding Ray to the team with his wealth of knowledge and experience is a great result and he will be a valuable resource to our advisers. Plus, his experience in mentoring and recruitment will be important too as Just Mortgages remains the destination for ambitious advisers.
“Whether it’s employed, self-employed or Just Wealth, we want to set our advisers on the path to success, enabling them to achieve their full potential. Alongside regular learning and development opportunities and a wealth of practical support, we surround all our advisers with an experienced management team that has stood in their shoes and can support them in their ongoing development. It’s certainly an exciting time to join Just Mortgages.”
His appointment comes after Tara Catnott was hired as area director for the North within the self-employed division.
In total, Just Mortgages has around 650 advisers working across the UK.
