Connect for Intermediaries has appointed two new relationship managers to support its appointed representatives and brokers using its packaging and referral services..

Emma Roberts will be supporting brokers in the North of England, particularly when they are struggling to place specialist cases.

Roberts has 10 years experience in specialist lending as a key account manager.

She joins Connect from Positive Lending and prior to that she has worked at both Fluent Money and Santander.

Darren Fletcher, who joined the network at the start of lockdown, will cover London and the South East. 

Fletcher is an experienced relationship manager with more than 10 years experience in financial service and has previously managed a panel of 1,700 firms.

Connect sales director Kevin Thomson says: “Over the past 12 months, we have achieved significant growth in the number of our Appointed Representatives, as well as the number of brokers coming to us for our referral and packaging services.

“We are putting plans in place to grow the Connect network further and significantly over the next few months. 

“We are therefore strengthening our relationship management team to ensure we can continue to provide the high level of support all brokers have come to expect from us. 

“Darren and Emma will be valuable additions to the team and will continue Connect’s focus on adding as much value as possible to the brokers we work with.”