SortRefer appoints relationship manager

A solicitor who worked in high street practice before becoming a mortgage broker in 2012.

SortRefer has appointed Jessica Szczelkun as relationship manager to provide support for conveyancing suppliers on the company’s mortgage panel.

Szczelkun is a solicitor who worked in high street practice before becoming a mortgage broker in 2012. She specialises in residential, buy-to-let mortgages and protection.

Kevin Tunnicliffe, SortRefer’s managing director, said: “Having someone like Jessica, who has first-hand experience of being both a conveyancing solicitor and a mortgage broker, provides a level of understanding and knowledge that is not easily duplicated and we are delighted to welcome her to the SortRefer team."

Szczelkun added: “I am delighted to join SortRefer. Their commitment to developing a service that improves the experience of conveyancing for both customer and adviser is one that I share, having been both a broker and a solicitor.

“Their online approach is clearly a superior offering and I am looking forward to bringing my experience to bear in building stronger relationships between our conveyancing suppliers and introducers to further improve the service we offer.”

SortRefer is an online portal to offer access to surveyors for valuation and specialist property reports. It was launched in 2010.