Paradigm Mortgage Services has appointed Richard Goppy to the new role of director of membership.

Goppy joins on August 23 from PMS where he was head of strategic partnerships.

Prior to this, Goppy held a number of previous roles at PMS after joining the business in 2011.

Before PMS he worked at Abby National (now Santander) for more than a decade, most recently as a regional manager for its intermediary brand, and before that he was a branch manager at Lloyds.

In his new position, Goppy will be responsible for overseeing the memberships of Paradigm’s 1,612 directly authorised firms and for driving the recruitment of new firms.

Paradigm recently announced that its new director of Mortgages, Richard Howes, joins next month to replace John Coffield when he retires at the end of August.

Goppy says: “Paradigm has always been a competitor I have admired in our industry for being market leaders in their support of their members and the intermediary market. 

“The chance to work with the Paradigm team and membership and ensure we continue to be market-leading to enhance our relationships with our members is one I couldn’t pass up. 

“I’ve worked in the intermediary sector for nearly 20 years and this next step is the challenge that I was looking for.”

Paradigm chief executive Bob Hunt says: “Paradigm is all about bringing on board highly-experienced individuals who understand the intermediary market and know exactly what makes advisory firms tick. 

“Richard is firmly in this mould and, having been with PMS for the last decade, he has huge market knowledge and excellent relationships with advisers, lenders and providers. 

“Richard’s consultative style and the respect he is clearly held in will certainly stand him in good stead at Paradigm and I know our member firms are getting an excellent advocate for them and their businesses.”