The Society of Mortgage Professionals has been relaunched with a new cross-sector board of experts to represent the mortgage profession, including PFS chief executive Keith Richards.

The society, which has nearly 10,000 members, has a new website containing good practice guides on second charge mortgages, bridging, protection and the new Senior Managers & Certification Regime.

A good practice guide to later life mortgages and technology will be produced in early 2020.

The new board is chaired by David Thomas, joint managing partner of Chadney Bulgin.

On the board are Liz Syms, CEO of Connect For Intermediaries, Bob Hunt, CEO of Paradigm Mortgage Services, Dean Mirfin, chief product officer for KR Group, Marie Grundy, sales director of West One Loans, Esther Dijkstra, director of strategic partnerships at Lloyds Banking Group, Carlos Thibaut, CEO of 360 Dot Net, Mark Hutchinson, member marketing and societies director of the Chartered Insurance Institute and Personal Finance Society, Matt Hall, strategy and operations manager of the CII, and Keith Richards, CEO of the PFS.

The website address is: www.smp.org.uk.

David Thomas, chairman of the Society of Mortgage Professionals, said: “With the increasing dynamism and complexity of the mortgage market, this is the perfect time to relaunch the Society of Mortgage Professionals.”

Mark Hutchinson, member marketing and societies director of the Chartered Insurance Institute, said: “The board of the Society of Mortgage Professionals consists of high profile, experienced professionals from multiple disciplines from within the sector and therefore reflects the way the mortgage advice profession is evolving.”