Furness for Intermediaries has hired Emma Saint as a business development manager.

Saint has over 14 years’ experience in the mortgage market. She joins from West Brom Building Society where she also worked as a business development manager. Prior to this she spent time at Your Move and Mortgage Advice Bureau.

In her new role, Saint will be based in the midlands.

Furness for Intermediaries head of intermediary mortgages Alasdair McDonald says: “I am thrilled that we are able to further strengthen our business development team with Saint’s arrival.

“With her background working as a broker, as well as her knowledge of building societies, she is perfectly placed to understand the challenges that brokers face in today’s market and how a niche lender such as Furness can be agile enough to meet their needs.

“The Midlands is a key area for us, and Saint will focus on highlighting the range of solutions that our individual approach to underwriting enables us to offer. These include self-build mortgages, shared ownership, holiday-lets and mortgages for the self-employed.”

Saint adds: “I am really excited to be working for Furness Building Society, a lender I have followed since my time working as a broker.

“I am looking forward to building some strong relationships with both existing and new partners throughout the midlands, providing solutions to difficult cases which they may have struggled to place elsewhere.”