Nicola is an experienced financial services professional having spent 35 years working for lenders such as Halifax, Cheshire Building Society, Salt Commercial and Nationwide Building Society.

She joins HTB from Aldermore Bank where she was head of portfolio management for the property division. 

In her new role Nicola will set up and lead the portfolio management team within specialist mortgages at HTB, working alongside broker partners to safely manage and monitor large or complex exposures within the bank.

She will report to Chris Daly, HTB’s managing director of specialist mortgages.

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Nicola commented: “I am delighted to be joining HTB, during what is an interesting period within the mortgage industry.

“I’m very much looking forward to getting to know my new colleagues, rolling up my sleeves and getting stuck into the exciting task ahead of me.”

Chris added: “[Nicola] has extensive experience and a track record of success within residential and corporate real estate lending — she is the ideal person to set up and lead our new portfolio management team.

“Our specialist mortgage lending has proved resilient despite the issues that the mortgage market has faced over the past year, and our new portfolio management team will only strengthen our operations as a whole.”