Brightstar appoints three department heads

The distributor now has five department heads, with the other two being Gina Blagden as head of residential mortgages and Kit Thompson as director of short-term lending.

Brightstar appoints three department heads

Brightstar Financial has promoted Jeff List to head of buy-to-let, Paul Debney to head of commercial finance and Darren Perry to head of second charge mortgages and unsecured loans after restructuring the business.

The distributor now has five department heads, with the other two being Gina Blagden as head of residential mortgages and Kit Thompson as director of short-term lending.

Bradley Moore, managing director of Brightstar Financial, said: “It’s always great to be able to promote internally and my new divisional heads have shown they have the expertise, desire and willingness to help me in my quest to drive Brightstar on to even greater things in the second half of the year and beyond.”

List joined Brightstar in July 2013 after working as an insurance broker, mortgage advisor, mortgage business development manager and bank manager in an 18 year career.

Debney joined in December 2015 as a commercial and corporate banker after working for HSBC & National Australia Bank for over 30 years.

And Perry joined Brightstar in September 2012 after working for London Scottish Broking, The Ideal Loan Company, Barclays Bank, Spicerhaart Financial Services and Easy Loans.