Crystal Mortgages has appointed Damien Druce as Head of Distribution and Development to lead the brokerage’s drive towards future growth. 

The Councillor for Cheshire East Borough Council, will head-up internal and external sales teams with responsibility for key accounts and relationships with major partners. 

The appointment sees Damien return to lending after previously working for Chaucer Syndicates where he was Northern Regional Development Manager. He then before went onto consultancy work with several firms including working alongside Managing Director of Crystal Mortgages, Joe Breeden. 

The Walsall-based finance specialist recently released its 2014 results which showed that it had issued terms of £664.3 million a 38.7 per cent increase on 2013, now Joe wants to continue that growth and sees Damien as the perfect man for the job.

“The development of broker network relationships has long been on our agenda, but we needed to reach a position within the company whereby our financial and product offering is among the best in the market, if not one of the best,” said Joe. 

“Now we have reached this crucial independent, all-of-market position, backed by a strong balance sheet, we needed the right person to concentrate on major partnerships.

“Damien fits the role perfectly, his proven track record within the lending sector makes him the ideal candidate, it is great to be working with him again.”