Bluestone Mortgages has hired Carly Wiggins as field based business development manager for the South West of England and Wales.

In this newly created position, Wiggins’ (pictured) primary role will be to develop new regional business leads and opportunities.

She has over ten years’ industry experience, including with roles at Barclays and TSB in intermediary roles and joins from Coventry for intermediaries where she was BDM for South Wales.

Bluestone has also promoted Ben Owen to telephone BDM from broker support team leader. He will support Nik Sukara, field-based BDM, for Yorkshire and North West of England. Ben joined Bluestone in 2019 as broker support officer.

Wiggins says: “As a growing number of customers are being turned away by mainstream lenders, I’m excited to continue to support this underserved segment of the market and enable brokers to help their clients achieve their homeownership goals through alternative lending solutions and products.”

Owen says: “This promotion is an exciting next step in my career at Bluestone. I look forward to building further relationships with brokers and educating them on our proposition.”

Bluestone Mortgages head of sales and distribution Mark Hollands says: “Carly and Ben will be invaluable in helping us grow our presence in these regions and educate brokers to better understand the range of specialist lending solutions available.”