Swansea Building Society has expanded its team with four new appointments.
Ian Burman joins the Society as risk and compliance manager. Burman has spent the past 10 years working in internal audit and assurance in the energy sector for companies including EDF Energy, SSE and OVO Energy.
Meanwhile, Henry Darby-Cook joins as marketing and communications officer. Darby-Cook becomes the first member of staff to be appointed in a role focused solely on marketing in the Society’s 99-year history.
He comes to the job with several years’ experience as a digital content creator and marketeer with companies including Tomos Watkin Brewery and SMR (UK).
In addition to these two appointments, the building society has also recently employed two more customer-facing staff to work at its Portland Street, Swansea, and Carmarthen branches.
Ceri Jones joins Swansea’s flagship branch in Portland Street to strengthen the team at the Scoiety’s largest premises, and Liwsi Ebsworth joins its busy Carmarthen branch. Both join as cashiers as the Swansea continues to see increased footfall across all of its branches.
Alun Williams, Swansea’s chief executive, said: “I am delighted we have been able to bolster our team in this way, and it’s great to be able to welcome Ian, Henry, Ceri and Liwsi to the Society. The four of them arrive at a key moment in the Society’s history, as we approach our centenary year and have just passed several very important milestones – including exceeding £500 million in total assets under management.
“The new appointments show our commitment to expanding the Society and strengthening our growing team, as we continue our ethos of opening, not closing, branches across the region.
“Everything we do, here at Swansea Building Society, is towards our aim of giving more people the opportunity to build for a stable financial future with mortgage and savings products which are suited to their individual needs and circumstances.”
