Hartwell has 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry and joins from Vida Homeloans where she spent four and a half years as key account manager and then corporate sales manager. She has also worked at Nationwide Building Society.

Hartwell starts at Foundation with immediate effect and will be responsible for the South region, working with advisory firms and practices based there offering Foundation’s specialist residential and buy-to-let solutions.

Foundation Home Loans director of sales Grant Hendry says: “Sarah herself brings with her a vast amount of experience having worked across multiple lenders in a variety of sales roles over the past two decades.

“She will already be well-known to advisers across the South region and we are certain she will provide all the expertise, support and resource they need in order to support their specialist residential and buy-to-let clients. It’s very positive to be starting the year off with such an excellent addition to the team and we at Foundation are looking forward to delivering the product solutions advisers and their clients need throughout 2023.”