HTB appoints head of portfolio management for specialist mortgages

Hampshire Trust Bank has appointed Nicola Ledgard as head of portfolio management within its specialist mortgages division.

Nicola is an experienced financial services professional, having spent 35 years working for lenders such as Halifax, Cheshire Building Society, Salt Commercial and Nationwide Building Society. She joins HTB from Aldermore Bank, where she was head of portfolio management for the property division.

In her new role, Nicola will set up and lead the portfolio management team, working alongside broker partners to manage and monitor large or complex exposures within the Bank, whilst building long term relationships.

Nicola Ledgard commented: “I am delighted to be joining HTB, during what is an interesting period within the mortgage industry. It’s a great opportunity to establish a best-in-class portfolio management team from scratch.

“I’m very much looking forward to getting to know my new colleagues, rolling up my sleeves and getting stuck into the exciting task ahead of me.”

Chris Daly, managing director of specialist mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank, added: “It’s great to have someone of Nicola’s calibre joining us at HTB. She has extensive experience of and a track record of success within residential and corporate real estate lending, and she is the ideal person to set up and lead our new portfolio management team.

“Our specialist mortgage lending has proved extremely resilient despite the issues that the mortgage market as a whole has faced over the past year and our new portfolio management team will only strengthen our operations as a whole.”