Envelop has appointed Ashley Bailey as a business development manager (BDM) for North of England.

Bailey has worked in financial services for more than seven years.

She joins Envelop after spending the five years as a telephony business development manager at Santander, working with intermediary firms across the mortgage sector.

Prior to that, she was a business banking relationship manager with the same lender.

In her new role, Bailey will work with new and existing specialist lenders to further extend Envelop’s business links in the North.

She will also be tasked with building supplementary distribution channels in addition to developing and supporting intermediary partners across Envelop’s lending panel.

The company rebranded in September last year from First 4 Bridging (F4B) to Envelop.

Envelop director Donna Wells says: “We have ambitious growth plans and targets in place across the business, and Ashley is one of a number of important additions who will help us achieve these lofty expectations.”

“The northern regions continue to generate opportunities for an array of property professionals, with a growing number of advisers utilising the experience and expertise of packagers to tap into rising demand for specialist and alternative forms of finance.”