Hunt has taken up the role for London, South West and the West Midlands after over four years working for Paradigm, initially in the role of helpdesk consultant, and more recently as business development consultant.

Reporting to director of membership, Richard Goppy, Hunt will work with existing and new member firms in those regions.

Richard Goppy, director of membership at Paradigm Mortgage Services, said: “We are very pleased to be able to promote Tom to relationship manager where he will be able to use his experience and skills to support our member firms across a number of regions.

“Tom will be well known to our members following his work as a business development consultant and is fully-versed in the wide range of services that Paradigm offers.

“He has shown all the attributes required to take on these new responsibilities and we have no doubt he will be a huge benefit to all those businesses he deals with.

“We wish him every success following this much-deserved promotion and are delighted to demonstrate a clear career development path for those within Paradigm seeking to advance their careers.”