LiveMore has appointed Amar Mashru as strategic account manager, supporting key accounts and strengthening relationships with clubs and networks in and around Greater London.

He has worked in the mortgage and banking sectors for over 20 years in a range of roles, spanning mortgage advice, underwriting and business development for brands including Harrods Bank and Lloyds Banking Group.

Mashru also previously spent time as a self-employed mortgage broker, and joins LiveMore from Family Building Society, where he served as business development manager (BDM), managing key intermediary accounts across Central London.

Piotr Nowosad joined LSL Financial Services as interim managing director.

He will lead the financial services division, with overall responsibility for Primis, TMA Mortgage Club, Novium and Linear, while the board undertakes the process to appoint a new permanent managing director.

Nowosad joins with more than a decade of executive leadership experience managing large businesses across highly regulated sectors, including financial services and energy.

Landbay has launched its new telephone sales team, led by telephone sales manager, Jon Braddick.

The buy-to-let (BTL) lender said the team has been created to provide additional sales support to brokers and its own BDMs, with a focus on communication, pipeline management and engagement.

The team will work to help progress applications from decision in principle through to offer, and will also engage with brokers who may not have recently worked with the lenders, to understand their business, lending requirements and the challenges they face in the specialist mortgage market.

Pluto Finance has relaunched its bridging proposition, introducing a dedicated team focused on transactions between £1m and £10m at up to 75% LTV.

The enhanced offering includes faster turnaround times for indicative terms, quicker response times throughout the lending process and a refreshed panel of solicitors and surveyors, creating a more streamlined experience from enquiry through to completion.

Rates start from 0.58% per month, with terms of up to 36 months and no early repayment charges.

Charles Street Finance has appointed Amjad Ibn-Abdul as BDM in the Midlands and South West.

He brings nearly a quarter of a century of financial services experience and will be responsible for growing Charles Street’s regional presence as it continues to grow its loan book to £1bn.

In his new role, Ibn-Adbul will focus on expanding his network of intermediaries and direct clients, offering a range of commercial finance products such as unregulated bridging loans, commercial and semi-commercial term, BTL mortgage and revolving credit facilities.

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