Just Mortgages has appointment of Chris Hayes as area director for the north.

Hayes brings more than 20 years of experience from across financial services, supporting, mentoring and recruiting both employed and self-employed brokers.

In addition to identifying new talent to join the division, the new role will see him supporting existing brokers in their day-to-day duties with sales coaching, as well as in executing their business plans and identifying opportunities to grow their own teams and businesses.

He joins Just Mortgages after more than 10 years with the LSL Group, where he first started as a mortgage and protection adviser with Your Move.

Prior to this, Hayes worked in the debt management sector with Money Expert and began his career with sales roles with Co-op Bank and HSBC.

Speaking on his appointment Hayes said: “Having seen the proposition on offer, I would have loved to have access to this when I was a self-employed broker. I’m looking forward to working with our advisers to make sure they are maximising this, all while building those relationships and sharing my experience to support brokers where needed.

“It will be great to share the opportunities of Just Mortgages and self-employed too, helping to identify the right people that are motivated to make the move and then helping them to build their business plans.”