Former Sesame Bankhall Group CEO Michele Golunska has joined the board of mortgage broker Tembo as a non-executive director.

She was CEO of the network between 2020 and 2022.

Ms Golunska is also managing director of wealth and advice at Aviva where she has responsibility for its intermediary platform, workplace business and advice operations including Sesame Bankhall and Succession Wealth.

Aviva is a shareholder of the Sesame Bankhall network.

Ms Golunska re-joined Aviva from Sesame Bankhall in the second half of last year.

She was formerly operations director for the workplace savings and retirement business before joining Sesame Bankhall in January 2020.

Other former roles include senior positions at Friends Life UK, JLT Employment Benefits and Prudential.

Ms Golunska said: “The talented team at Tembo are on a mission to help get more people onto the property ladder and I am thrilled to be helping them deliver on this. There is a huge need right now for aspiring first time buyers to get a helping hand to bridge the intergenerational wealth gap as well as for customers struggling to remortgage in the current climate. Tembo is well placed to provide this niche service and I feel lucky to be on this journey with them.”

Tembo was founded in 2020 by Richard Dana and has received backing from Aviva.