Martin has held various roles within BuildLoan during the last six years having worked in financial services throughout his 35 year career.

He previously held consumer-facing roles in retail banking, as a mortgage intermediary and senior roles in underwriting and arrears management in the mutual sector.

In his new role, Martin will focus on extending BuildLoan’s product range and developing further digital services.

BuildLoan chief executive officer Raymond Connor says: “Chris brings a wealth of experience to this role which will be invaluable as we continue to develop our range of Consumer Duty – focussed self-build solutions.”

Martin adds: “In the last three years we’ve made huge progress in developing products and online solutions and we will now build on this to make researching and securing the right product even easier for brokers.”