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2025 UK Mortgage Convention - UKMC

Delivering for our partners and clients can only be achieved through working together as one team. Below are some of the people supporting you at Brilliant Solutions. Get in touch. Click on any Brilliant team member to obtain their contact details.

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Rob Barnard

Intermediary Relationship Director
Pepper Money

Richard Beardshaw

Head of Sales
HSBC

Ben Culley

Head of Property Risk
Aldermore

James Enos

Nation Account Manager
Hodge

Richard Fearon

CEO
Leeds Building Society

Marie Grundy

Managing Director (Residential & Second Charges)
West One Loans

Eloise Hall

Chair of SSG
Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Roger Morris

Group Distribution Director
Chetwood Bank

Sara Palmer

Distribution Director
The Mortgage Lender (TML)

Ian Scarrott

Key Relationship Manager
OSB Group

Louisa Sedgwick

Managing Director (Mortgages)
Paragon

Brilliant Solutions Team

Affirmative Finance

Ian Harrison,
Alan Collins,
Dan Esterkin

Albatross Lending

Christian Gugolz,
Harvey Steed

Aldermore

Ben Culley,
Stephen Wright,
Kitt Makwana

Bath Building Society

Ben Hutchings

Bridging Finance Solutions

Andy Morgan

Bluestone

Carly Wiggins,
Kelly Powell

Buckinghamshire

Building Society

Paul Johnson

Cambridge Building Society

Christy Rattle,
Kathy Bowes

Catalyst

Spencer Gale,
Jake Smith

CHL Mortgages

Roger Morris,
Ross Turrell

Convi

Jonny Palmer

Darlington

Chris Blewitt
James Travers

ESBS

Lee Nicholls

Family Building Society

Amar Mashru,
Neil Cadwallader

Fleet Mortgages

Dave Horsman
David Lockwood

Foundation Home Loans

Keith Jones,
Jack Gerasimov

HTB

Amiee Amphlett,
Barry Ireland

Hodge

Emma Graham,
James Enos

Hope - Capital

David Weir,
Sam Lea

HSBC

Siobhan Moran

Kensington

Gavin Braham

Kent Reliance

Ian Scarrott,
Amanda Lammers

Landbay

Gwen Feelgood,
Gabrelle Latifi

Leeds Building Society

Richard Fearon,
Andy Alverz,
Rob Abdur

LendInvest

Nigel Robbins

Mansfield Building Society

Claire Flanagan

Melton Building Society

Jasmine Smith,
Emmy White

Mortgage Industry

Mental Health Charter

Eloise Hall

Metro Bank

Foz Ahmad,
Jade Stroudley

MFS

Emma Jones,
Harry Pleasance

Moda Mortgages

Scott Phillips,
Shannon O’Malley

Molo

Andrea Grizzy,
John Smith

Mortgage Wallet

Jared Richardson
Adrian Richardson

MT Finance

Megan Betts,
Richard Sherman

Newcastle

For Intermediaries

Laura Gauden,
Michelle Ash

Norton Home Loans

David Binney,
Tom Stringer

Octane Capital

Mark Stephenson,
Lewis Whittaker,
Darren Pointer

Paragon

Louisa Sedgwick,
Andrew Rudkin,
Robert Eggleston

Paymentshield

Nasar Hussain,
Dean Marson

Pepper Money

Rob Barnard,
Mark Shelper,
Sam Bickerton

Perenna

Deborah Reeves,
Janet Frame

Prosperity IFA

Simon Munday,
Matthew Ketley,
Levi Bonnet

Quantum Mortgages

Ebeneezer Darko,
Paul Ormonde

Saffron For Intermediaries

Phil Lawford,
Simon O’Donnell

Shawbrook

Matt Taylor,
Becky Davies

Somo

Andres Salas,
Andrew Marsland

Suffolk Building Society

Charlotte Grimshaw,
Andrew Sadler

Swansea Building Society

Richard Miles,
Martin Lewis

The Mortgage Lender

(TML)

Sara Palmer,
Charlie Stack

Together

Andrea Roberts,
Lois Ashcroft

UTB

Rachel Shackleton

Vida Homeloans

Oliver Smith

Virgin Money

Kayleigh Baker

West One Loans

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Marie Grundy,
Jez Quinn,
Liam Nugent

Zephyr Homeloans

Simon Alvey,
Coleen Davie

Sarah Austin

Martin-Redman

Your mortgage support is fantastic. Whoever I speak to, about whatever type of mortgage, gives me genuine support and clearly has real expertise. The team are also a joy to work with!

Rob Field Cert CII (MP)

Mortgage Adviser

Everyone at Brilliant is highly informed and across any and all up to the minute product and criteria offerings from the lenders.

Anyone I have spoken to has provided a genuine high level of service and interest in my business which really makes them a “go-to” contact.

In addition to giving advice and support for the packaged panel, the team at Brilliant also provide insight and help for brokers to find solutions with the non-packaged lenders.

Their recent series of webinars hosted in partnership with the various panel lenders have proved to be extremely useful.

Brilliant are a firm that does precisely what it says on the tin!

Sam Clark

Director / Adviser | CSC Financial Ltd

Brilliant Solutions and their team have been excellent in supporting my business over the past 6 years.

Matthew Arena and Michael Craig have built an amazing team of specialists who have helped my business grow. All of the team are friendly and go the extra mile to help my clients and advisers achieve their goals.

I have found their webinars and workshops over the past year to be very informative, and they were delivered in a professional but informal way.

Michael Craig has brought brokers and lenders together in social Zoom meetings by way of quiz evenings and charity poker events, this has kept broker/lender relationships strong, and in some cases, new relationships have been built off the back of these events.

The icing on the cake is that Brilliant are the only mortgage club I can think of that pay commissions to brokers within 24 hours of completion, and in the majority of cases on the same day! In the initial months of the pandemic, I am sure this certainty over cash flow helped keep some companies afloat.

Well done Matthew, Michael and all of the team at Brilliant; keep up the good work!”

Stuart Powell

Ocean Mortgages Ltd

I cannot believe the hard work and perseverance that your team has shown on this case. It has been going on for over 6 months now and your team has been nothing short of outstanding.

The client had a really tricky set of circumstances and was often reluctant to provide all the information that the lender needed.

However, the skill, knowledge and effort of your team, especially Drew Sage has created an awesome client outcome and a very happy broker.

Thanks again,

Lynsey McMenemy CeMAP

Director | Hansar Mortgages

I wanted to pass on feedback to you, Cushla has been great working my cases. I am really impressed with her persistence, quick replies and information provided. It has not been easy cases and I am grateful for the help and have been super impressed.

Thanks again

Michael Parsons

Finance Advice Group

This case, is by far one of the most challenging I have faced but I undoubtedly could not have got it done with you being there to help me through it. From the issues with underwriting and then problems with the warranty, you 100% went the extra mile on for the clients to ensure this case got over the line and for this I thank you.

Samuel Gee

Manning Gee Investments

Brilliant Solutions has been a key part of my business since it started in January 2020. The service received from them has been consistently excellent, and more than I have experienced with other clubs in the past. They have helped me develop my mortgage business, given direction with complex cases and always gone more than the extra mile.

I recently had a complex Ltd Co BTL case where company was also trading as well as being an SPV, and additionally it was owned by a holding company, not the directors. For various reasons, we struggled to place even with the usual specialists but Brilliant Solutions spent time helping us find a lender that would do what we needed. They have since seen that case through and we are expecting completion on this business imminently. With Brilliant Solutions’ help, we saved the case, the clients were very happy (not to mention the deal being amazing anyway) and we were glad to be able to place the case.

The team are always accessible, we are building up relationships with their specialists and know that help is just a phonecall away from a club that offers service better than I’ve experienced before.

Rakesh Chandarana

Lord Clarke Ltd

Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club are a pleasure to work with. In the time that we have been dealing with Brilliant we have found that they, and in particular Ivan Vizor place as much emphasis on my client and the right solution as they do on ensuring the service they give to us is from the top drawer. As the mortgage industry changes its paramount that we connect with the right partners to help us evolve and Brilliant are an excellent partner to work together with Lord Clarke Ltd.

Mark Carvell

James & James Financial Advisers Limited

The people at Brilliant are extremely approachable and work tirelessly to help secure or offer tips on cases where they have previous experience in dealing with similar cases previously. They pay cases very quickly and also provide links for commercial loans/bridging we have also looked at with our clients. They provide an all round solutions for most of our clients requirements. In addition they provide regular CPD sessions with useful webinars involving lenders which has been extremely valuable during the pandemic.

Bob Carvell

James & James Financial Advisers Limited

Brilliant are always at the end of the phone with great advice to help get those tricky mortgages over the line.

Astra Williams

Brilliant are always my first port of call for any unusual cases, the team take away the time-consuming research that can often be needed and will point me in the direction of the best solution – even if it’s not using them! They have my trust 100% and don’t know what I would do without them!

South East Mortgage Solutions Ltd

I wish to note a huge thanks to Brilliant Solutions and their team. Working from only last year with Andrew Lumsdaine my BDM since my integration from my previous route, I can say that in the last 26 years of working in the financial mortgage industry that Andrew Lumsdaine has walked me through step by step with my start with Brilliant Solutions, and I can certainly say that since last year the way that he has been able to show me that there are mortgage clubs that can offer full support and honestly prove that they can complete on transactions exactly on the time that is stated. This support from Brilliant Solutions has made a massive impact on my business and has given me the encouragement to be able to move ahead in what we are all dealing with in the difficult financial times.

Andrew Lumsdaine has also introduced me to the relevant team to support payments of proc fees on time and the commission team is superb ! I only wish I had worked with them much sooner ! to all of you brokers out there if you are not with Brilliant Solutions then you should be, I have succeeded on 100% of cases, and to have them with you offering this level of support and accuracy and proven efficiency that I have ever seen in over 10 years at least ! This is the support that all brokers need on board !

Thank you all so much for your hard work and I am a very happy broker to be alongside with you.

Christina Melville. Financial Director.

Helen Clark

Heartstone Ltd

Brilliant Solutions go the extra mile to find the right lender, the right product and they do it with the right attitude.

Wayne Wells PLS

Financial Services Ltd

I moved my mortgage club to Brilliant Mortgages last year after over 20 years in the industry and can honestly say they are the best club I have ever used.

Alun Griffiths

Griffiths & Griffiths

Use the mortgage club and you will get a personal service that you can rely on. Thanks for your continued support.

Contact the Team

2025 UK Mortgage Convention - UKMC

To receive your CPD please fill out the following feedback form. CLICK HERE >>

Rob Barnard

Intermediary Relationship Director Pepper Money

Richard Beardshaw

Head of Sales HSBC

Ben Culley

Head of Property Risk Aldermore

James Enos

Nation Account Manager Hodge

Richard Fearon

CEO Leeds Building Society

Marie Grundy

Managing Director (Residential & Second Charges) West One Loans

Eloise Hall

Chair of SSG Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Roger Morris

Group Distribution Director Chetwood Bank

Sara Palmer

Distribution Director The Mortgage Lender (TML)

Ian Scarrott

Key Relationship Manager OSB Group

Louisa Sedgwick

Managing Director (Mortgages) Paragon

Brilliant Solutions Team

Affirmative Finance

Albatross Lending

Aldermore

Bath Building Society

Bridging Finance Solutions

Bluestone

Buckinghamshire Building Society

Cambridge Building Society

Catalyst

CHL Mortgages

Convi

Darlington

ESBS

Family Building Society

Fleet Mortgages

Foundation Home Loans

HTB

Hodge

Hope - Capital

HSBC

Kensington

Kent Reliance

Landbay

Leeds Building Society

LendInvest

Mansfield Building Society

Melton Building Society

Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Metro Bank

MFS

Moda Mortgages

Molo

Mortgage Wallet

MT Finance

Newcastle For Intermediaries

Norton Home Loans

Octane Capital

Paragon

Paymentshield

Pepper Money

Perenna

Prosperity IFA

Quantum Mortgages

Saffron For Intermediaries

Shawbrook

Somo

Suffolk Building Society

Swansea Building Society

The Mortgage Lender (TML)

Together

UTB

Vida Homeloans

Virgin Money

West One Loans

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Intermediary Relationship Director
Pepper Money

Head of Sales
HSBC

Head of Property Risk
Aldermore

Nation Account Manager
Hodge

CEO
Leeds Building Society

Managing Director (Residential & Second Charges)
West One Loans

Chair of SSG
Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

Group Distribution Director
Chetwood Bank

Distribution Director
The Mortgage Lender (TML)

Key Relationship Manager
OSB Group

Managing Director (Mortgages)
Paragon

Buckinghamshire

Building Society

Mortgage Industry

Mental Health Charter

Newcastle

For Intermediaries

The Mortgage Lender

(TML)