Chetwood Financial has announced Darrell Walker as the head of mortgage sales & distribution for its new specialist buy-to-let lender, ModaMortgages.
Walker, who has been integral to ModaMortgages’ development over the past year, brings over three decades of experience in financial services to the role.
Walker began his career in financial services in 1991, holding roles with Coventry Building Society, Barclays Bank, Bank of Ireland, Lloyds Banking Group and Legal & General over the next 22 years.
From 2014 to 2020, Walker worked at OneSavings Bank, building and developing the Prestige Finance and Interbay Commercial sales and distribution propositions, before also leading the group’s product and proposition function.
Speaking on his appointment, Walker said: “Over the past year, we have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to develop a proposition that will really resonate with brokers and landlords, and I think we’ve done just that.”
Chetwood recently announced that Ian Lonergan is its new group chair. Lonergan was previously CEO and founder of Precise Mortgages. Like Walker, he too has been helping shape the ModaMortgages proposition over the past year.Â
Andy Mielczarek, CEO of Chetwood, said: “Darrell understands the specialist lending market inside out, and has been instrumental in developing the ModaMortgages proposition. We are delighted to have him as part of the Chetwood team.”
