Teachers Building Society has appointed Ralph Punter (pictured above) to a newly created BDM role covering London and the South East.
Ralph has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, having worked at Virgin Money as a regional sales manager, before moving to Harrods Bank as head of intermediary sales.
During his most recent role at Butterfield Mortgages, Ralph’s responsibilities included introducing an intermediary panel and managing the lender’s team of BDMs.
At Teachers, he will focus on developing and maintaining mortgage intermediary relationships on behalf of the business across London and the South East.
“I am very pleased to be joining Teachers Building Society, where I will draw on both my retail and private banking experiences to help to support intermediaries,” said Ralph.
“The business has made significant advances within the intermediary mortgage market and I’m excited that I now have an opportunity to help the organisation to advance this further.”
Simon Beresford, chief executive at Teachers, added: “Ralph is well respected within the mortgage intermediary arena, with a proven track record and a fantastic network.
“By creating this role, this further demonstrates our commitment to our intermediary partners – Ralph’s appointment has strengthened our existing intermediary team and is key to ensuring our continued growth.”
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