Sweetman, who has 20 years of experience in the property and financial sector, previously worked as business development manager covering Northwest England.

Prior to spending the last six years at Paragon, he held positions at Santander and Countrywide.

In his new position, Sweetman will work closely with Paragon’s key distribution partners across the country, including networks, clubs and specialist distributors.

Sweetman will initially undertake a dual role until the end of May, continuing to support brokers across the Northwest while transitioning to his new position.

Commenting on his promotion, Sweetman says: “I’m very pleased to be taking up this new role after enjoying my time as the BDM for the Northwest.”

“My focus now is on developing and growing our relationships with network, mortgage club and other distributor partners, sharing our specialist lending knowledge with them.”

“We are evolving how we operate with the trade and streamlining our processes to make us easier to work with, supporting advisers to find the specialist lending solutions they need for their clients.”

Paragon mortgages head of distribution Sally Wright adds: “Working more strategically with our mortgage network and club partners and expanding our reach with intermediary firms remains a key priority for Paragon this year and I look forward to seeing Tim thrive in his new role.”