EuroDebt adds industry specialist to support Introducer Scheme - Julie Symons joins Southern Region

Leading debt management provider, EuroDebt Financial Services, has appointed Julie Symons as Southern Region Business Development Manager, providing one-to-one and workshop support to prospective intermediaries considering joining the EuroDebt Introducer Scheme. With over 20 years in the mortgage lending and intermediary sector, Julie brings a deep understanding of the industry and how the financial advice and debt advice sectors can collaborate together.

 Julie started her career in the finance industry, with the Leeds Permanent Building Society, becoming one the youngest Assistant Branch Managers.  She subsequently became one of the few mortgage arrangers and a financial advisor for the Society. After the merger of the Leeds with the Halifax, Julie moved to the London office assessing higher risk cases, from which she was head hunted by Legal & General Bank to become a senior underwriter.    

In 2002 Julie set up packager, Madison Square, and has since established an excellent network of contacts throughout the industry.

“This is a really exciting opportunity for me.  EuroDebt is leading the way in offering intermediaries and their clients alternative debt solutions”, said Julie of her new role. “Part of my focus will be helping EuroDebt’s franchisees establish a more effective working relationship with brokers in their locality. Indeed, we have recently run a major workshop for over 50 franchisees, to extend their marketing techniques and help them make the most of the current market conditions, where debt management can clearly play an important role. “

EuroDebt has conducted a series of highly successful workshops to educate brokers and IFAs on the advantages of alternative debt solutions for their clients. And Julie played a hands-on role in these on the Expert Panel in two of the Southern events helping brokers recognise the benefits of EuroDebt’s debt management services.

“Julie has a vast amount of experience in the sectors we are targeting, making her ideally placed to offer vital support to our introducers and franchisees”, concluded Vance Parsons, Sales and Development Manager at EuroDebt.

“This appointment is further proof of our commitment to sustaining the growth of the EuroDebt Introducer Scheme, with over 650 brokers and IFAs now registered.  We are now moving into the development of joint marketing plans for our Introducers, helping them to take advantage of co-branded marketing support collateral.  And Julie will be instrumental in seeing the implementation of these plans as well as gathering extensive market feedback from both intermediaries and network partners.”