Kensington Mortgages head of new business Craig McKinlay has announced his retirement and will step down from his role this month. 

McKinlay has served at Kensington for five years after joining as sales and marketing director in 2017. 

He has held several senior positions over the years at Aviva, RAC, Homeserve, Lloyds Banking Group and Kensington Mortgages. 

Before Kensington, McKinlay was commercial and channels director at Lloyds Banking Group, responsible for analytics, pricing, customer experience, business development and channel engagement across retail and commercial banking. 

McKinlay was also mortgage new business director, responsible for overseeing mortgage sales across Lloyds Banking Group until April 2016. 

With McKinlay stepping down, chief commercial officer Vicki Harris will be extending her responsibilities to oversee the sales team. 

Kensington Mortgages chief executive officer Mark Arnold says: “Craig has been an invaluable and key member of Kensington Mortgages over his five years of service.”

“We want to thank Craig for all his hard work over the years, wish him the very best in the future, and to enjoy his well-deserved retirement.”

McKinlay adds: “I have really enjoyed the last five years at Kensington. Under Mark’s leadership we have transformed both Kensington Mortgages and the specialist lending sector. I leave a fantastic team behind me who will take the business to even greater heights and continue to build our approach of customer facing innovation.”