Specialist bank Paragon hires new marketing head

Specialist bank Paragon has hired a new marketing head, who brings experience from the building society sector.

Janine Stones began the role of Head of Brand, Marketing and Performance in August.

She joins from Lowell, a debt collection company, where she spent two years, most recently as Head of Marketing and Brand.

Prior to this she spent eight and a half years at Skipton Building Society, where she held several marketing positions, most recently Senior Brand Leader.

Before this she worked at Hallmark Cards, and spent nearly eight years at Australian banking giant National Australia Group.

Paragon Banking Group offers specialist lending products include mortgages for landlords and loans for business customers. It has over 48500 landlord customers, 41500 commercial lending customers and 291,000 direct savins customers.