Dragonfly Property Finance has today announced that it has hired an ex-Savills Private Clients Director, who was also named top broker for two years in a row, as its Senior Business Development Manager.

Newly appointed Maria Magnussen joins the short and medium term lender from SPF Private Clients (formerly Savills Private Finance) and will report to Mark Posniak, whose role at Dragonfly has been expanded from Head of Marketing & Operations to Head of Sales & Marketing.
 
Maria has extensive experience in the mortgage industry; prior to SPF, which she joined in 2001, she worked as a broker at John Charcol and Woolwich Property Services.
 
Maria Magnussen, Senior BDM, Dragonfly Property Finance, commented: "I'm thrilled to be joining Dragonfly. Since it started in 2009, Dragonfly has raised the bar in the world of short term finance and continues to drive the sector forward. There's a huge amount of energy and innovation within the short term finance industry and I can't wait to experience it first-hand."
 
Mark Posniak, Head of Sales & Marketing, Dragonfly Property Finance, said: "Maria is well-connected, very experienced and an extremely popular person in the industry and we are delighted that she has chosen to join Dragonfly. The short term finance sector continues to grow at a rate of knots and we want to position ourselves to make the most of this growth. Hiring the industry's best will enable us to do just that."
 
Jonathan Samuels, CEO, Dragonfly Property Finance, added: "Maria is a fantastic addition to the Dragonfly team, while Mark's new role and extra responsibility reflects the impact he has made at the company. Without his drive, contacts and forensic knowledge of the sector, there's no way we would be the company we are. Looking forward, we've got our eyes set on making 2013 our best year yet and have set some very big targets. To ensure we meet them we will be announcing further strong hires in the weeks and months ahead."