Thirlwell joins from Sesame Bankhall Group where she was director of programme management for the last two years.

In this role she delivered business solutions to support wealth, mortgage and insurance advisers across the appointed representative network, directly authorised offering and mortgage club.

Prior to that, she worked in various senior change implementation roles at Aviva.

LSL Group managing director for financial services Richard Howells says: “I am delighted that Jane has joined us.”

“Having worked with her before, I know she will bring a unique capability to assist us with our transformation plans as we invest in our business for the benefit of our brokers, colleagues and customers. She has a huge amount of experience in both change delivery and strategy, which will be a real asset to our business.”