Marylen — who joins from Axis Bank, where she was head of BTL business — has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector and will report to Nick Jones, head of specialist distribution at Together.

In her new role, she will be tasked with strengthening relationships with Together’s key partners through its Together+ initiative.

Russell spent 13 years as a loans manager at Abbey National building society as well as a decade as a directly authorised broker and co-owner of Westminster Mortgages.

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He will be working closely with Sundeep Patel, head of London intermediaries at Together, explaining and promoting Together’s specialist range.

“Marylen will be working with brokers in the Together+ group, which we launched this year and is designed to build strong partnerships with a select group of specialist distributors,” said Nick.

Tanya Elmaz, underwriting specialist regional manager, added: “Following Russell’s appointment, brokers in London and the South East will have better access to his expert knowledge and we are expecting a healthy demand from across the region.”