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Elizabeth Martins
Sophie Placido
Economist, HSBC
Director of PR & Strategy, Rostrum
Liz joined HSBC in 2010 in the Dubai
o昀케ce, where she covered 15 Middle Eastern
economies, during the turbulent period of the Arab Spring,
bringing HSBC’s view on the region to clients across the
world.
In 2014, she moved to the London o昀케ce to join the Global
and European Economics teams in London.
Since 2016 she has led HSBC’s analysis of the UK economy,
including the key task of navigating the economic landscape
following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
Sophie is the Director of PR & Strategy at
Rostrum, specialising in looking after clients
within the 昀椀nancial services sector.
With over 15 years’ PR and marketing experience, she
ensures that the strategies and activities Rostrum delivers
for clients are aligned with their strategic business goals.
Sophie is also responsible for creative direction and
ensuring campaigns are centred around engaging ideas and
compelling content.
Steve Cox
Liz Syms
Chief Commercial O昀케cer,
Fleet Mortgages
CEO, Connect for Intermediaries
Chief Executive O昀케cer and founder
of Connect Mortgages and Connect for
Intermediaries, Liz has been providing mortgage and
昀椀nancial advice for over 20 years. Liz and her team over of
50 sta昀昀 arrange all types of mortgages and protection with
a particular strength in the specialist markets. In 2012, Liz
set up the specialist mortgage network that now supports
over 300 mortgage brokers who operate not only in the
mainstream market, but also provide advice in specialist
areas such as complex buy-to-let, commercial and bridging.
Steve has over 30 years’ experience in
昀椀nancial services, having started out as a
mortgage broker in the early 1990s.
He was Head of Commercial Development with Sesame
Bankhall Group for 8 years, prior to joining Hodge Lifetime as
Business Development Director in 2016.
Steve joined Fleet Mortgages as Distribution Director in
2019 and was promoted to Chief Commercial O昀케cer in
January 2021.
Liz spends a large part of her time delivering training to
brokers that focus on the brokers perspective of the market
and the lender’s criteria and requirements, and regularly
writes articles that feature in the trade press.
Neil Wyatt
Timothy Bannister
Sales & Marketing Director,
Mortgage Brain
Director, Rightmove
Tim is the Director of Property Science
Innovation at Rightmove. He combines data,
technology and analytics to develop unique insight and
drive property decision-making. Before this role, Tim ran
Rightmove’s lettings and overseas businesses.
Neil Wyatt is responsible for the overall
sales teams at Mortgage Brain and
marketing proposition, including a development and growth
strategy for the business.
Prior to joining Rightmove in 2010, he worked in investment
banking and strategy consulting, advising on business,
investment and 昀椀nancing strategies.
Tim holds an MBA from the Wharton School, The University
of Pennsylvania, USA.
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Neil has over 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry
and most recently held the position of Head of Distribution
at Platform (The Co-operative Bank) for six years. His
previous experience includes Sales Director at Connect
Mortgage Group and Head of Corporate Accounts at
Mortgages Plc, where he was responsible for creating
strategic relationships.
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