Paul Troman has joined Alternative Bridging as business development manager for the Midlands.

Troman has over 20 years of business development experience working for various banks, building societies and corporate financiers latterly The State Bank of India concentrating on introductions from IFA and mortgage intermediaries covering; residential, SME and corporate lending sectors.

He recently successfully negotiated two new panel appointments for the State Bank of India with two of the largest mortgage advisor networks in the UK. With an in-depth knowledge of the UK broker introducer marketplace his experience includes working with IFA networks and mortgage clubs.

Jonathan Rubins, chief executive officer of Alternative Bridging, said: “We’re very excited to have Paul in our team, his presence will allow us to offer a greater focus and commitment to our Midlands brokers and borrowers. Although we have always provided finance across the UK we are happy to now offer a well-known local face to our company to create alliances with firms and individual brokers based in the Midlands area.”