Brilliant Solutions, the specialist mortgage club and packager, has announced the appointment of Michael Craig as sales director.
Craig has worked alongside Brilliant Solutions since 2009 and has been head of sales for the business since 2016.The firm said he had been instrumental in the record growth achieved by Brilliant Solutions in recent years.
Matthew Arena, managing director of Brilliant Solutions, said: “This promotion is well deserved. His knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to the broker market is truly outstanding. We have built an exceptional team and Michael is a key member of that team.”
Craig (pictured) added: “It has been a privilege to be part of such a fast paced and fast-growing business. We have a great team here that supports me and supports hundreds of brokers along the way and I look forward to an exciting future with the company, our staff and our brokers.”
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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