Specialist lender Keystone Property Finance has appointed Kevin Meredith (pictured) as business development manager (BDM) for the North West.
Meredith joins from Natwest where he was a BDM for over 22 years, starting as a key account manager for The Virgin One Account with Royal Bank of Scotland.
Prior to that he was a mortgage consultant at Countrywide Mortgage Services for around two years.
He was self-employed as a mortgage and protection consultant for around three years and before that was a regional insurance centre manager at Automobile Association Insurance Services for approximately a decade.
Elise Coole, managing director, at Keystone Property Finance, said: “Kevin is a fantastic addition to our sales team as he has a huge amount of experience and is very well-known and well-liked by the broker community.
“We are always on the lookout for exceptional talent to ensure we continue to provide the very best service to intermediaries and their clients up and down the country.
“The relationships we have with brokers are built on the trusted advice that our talented BDMs such as Kevin provide and they are fundamental to our ability to provide complex buy-to-let solutions for the UK’s landlords.”
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.