The Intermediary – July 2025 - Flipbook - Page 38
Meet
eet The BDM
Paragon Bank
The Intermediary speaks with Stephen Harrison, business
development manager (BDM) at Paragon Bank
How and why did you
What brought you
What makes Paragon
become a BDM?
to Paragon?
stand out?
I’ve been working in the mortgage
industry since 2012, after graduating
from university.
It’s something I originally ‘fell’ into
while looking for a job, but I’ve never
looked back and have made it into
a career.
I wanted to become a BDM to
progress to the next stage of my
career. After years of advising,
managing a team of 14 and heading
up of a training department, it’s a
natural step.
Throughout my career, I’ve always
found the buy-to-let (BTL) market
interesting, and this is an area that
Paragon specialises in.
These types of deals get you
thinking outside the box a little
more, and you can have a positive
impact on someone’s life, playing a
part in helping them to generate an
additional income stream or leave a
legacy to their family.
When I found out my predecessor
was retiring, I had to get in there.
One of the main things that makes
Paragon stand out from the crowd
is its heritage. It was one of the
pioneers of buy-to-let lending, it’s in
the company’s DNA.
This unrivalled experience
combines with expertise; we have
an in-house surveying team and
the most complex applications
are manually assessed by our
underwriters. This means that we
can really get under the skin of cases
and often lend where others can’t.
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