Blacks hires sales ‘dream team’
27 January 2017
Blacks Connect has bolstered its sales team with three key appointments.
Gary Little, who has held senior roles at Lloyds Banking Group, Assurant Intermediary, The Society of Mortgage Professionals and TMA mortgage club, joins as Sales Director.
Simone Gilks, the founder of mortgage broker Beauwater, becomes BDM for the South and Tracy Richmond-Bailey, a former BDM for both EBA Associates and Paragon Skills, has been appointed BDM for the North.
David Gilman, Head of Blacks Connect says the appointments are an exciting move for the firm.
He says: “Gary, Simone and Tracy really are a dream team for us given their unparallelled knowledge of the broker market and their keen understanding of what intermediaries need. All three have worked in the sector for many years and bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience which will be of huge benefit to our brokers.
“At Blacks we’ve spent the last year enhancing our technology systems and refining our proposition to ensure we can be the leading conveyancer in the market. With this sales team we now have everything we need to take our business to the next level and ensure we are brokers’ number one choice".
Gary Little, whose most recent role was commercial director for TMA Mortgage Club, says: “I am hugely excited to be joining Blacks in this role. I believe there is huge potential to take the Blacks Connect proposition to a wider audience and I look forward to working with the existing team at Blacks Connect to help them achieve their business objectives.
“There is no other conveyancer in the market demonstrating such a commitment to the broker community as Blacks is with this sales team and I firmly believe we have a proposition that will meet the needs of every broker and network in the industry. 2017 will be a very exciting year.”
Simone Gilks says: “Running my own successful mortgage brokerage I worked closely with Blacks for many years. I was drawn to the firm because of its ability to deal with the most complex and diverse commercial cases. Unlike many firms which offer an off the shelf service the team at Blacks had the knowledge, the technology and the experience to cater to even the most specialist of cases.
“I am delighted to now have the opportunity to share with other brokers this service. The mortgage market is changing. Brokers are recognising the growth and indeed the benefit of specialist products and, as I know from experience, they’re going to need a conveyancer with that specialist knowledge to help them deliver the very best service. Blacks is that conveyancer.”
Tracy Richmond-Bailey says: “Every member of the sales team has extensive experience of working with IFAs and we’ve all developed fantastic relationships with the broker and network community over the years. We understand the market and this will undoubtedly help us to satisfy their conveyancing needs.”
