Pepper Money has promoted Tom Whitney to head of sales for second charge mortgages, following the company’s integration with Optimum Credit.

Whitney has worked for Optimum Credit since 2016 as a business development manages for the North of England and Scotland. Priot to this he held sales and operations roles at One Savings Bank and Freedom Finance.

In his new role, he will be leading the second charge mortgage sales team, helping the company achieve its growth plans in this area. The role will involve developing sales strategies to support Pepper Money’s core brokers.

Whitney says he was looking forward to the new role and working with the company’s network of brokers.