Roma Finance hires two BDMs

Roma Finance hired Watson from MS Lending where he worked as a relationship manager, and before that worked at SoMo for nearly four years, initially as a BDM, then national BDM and relationship director.

Popat previously worked at Blue Square Capital as a senior BDM for nearly two years and before that, he worked at Enra Specialist Finance for around thee years, initially as a BDM for Enterprise Finance and then BDM for West One Loans.

Michael Allison, commercial director at Roma Finance, said: “We had huge success in 2023 with multiple record-breaking months and we are starting 2024 by strengthening our commercial team in line with the needs of our customers and brokers. We have ambitious targets which we have communicated with transparency.

“As we grow, we need to bring in exceptional talent to execute our sales strategy and take advantage of every opportunity. 2024 will be our biggest ever year.”

Sonia Mann, head of field sales at Roma, added: “The journey I have been on with Roma to date has been fantastic and the future potential in this business is huge. I am also heartened by the number of brokers entering the commercial property finance space.

“The intermediary market is a huge focus for Roma and I am delighted with the new appointments within the business. It is essential that we provide the best possible experience to brokers and their clients and achieve the best possible outcome in every case. I am delighted to welcome Amer and Shahed who will be ideal in these roles.”