In her new role, she will be leading and developing Together’s intermediary commercial finance channel, providing strategic vision to help support the company’s broker partners.

She will be managing a team of eight field sales account managers, four roving underwriters and 16 sales and management support members.

Tanya, who has 20 years of experience in the industry, has been working for Together for over seven years in various roles, most recently as head of intermediary sales for commercial finance.

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Commenting on her appointment, Tanya said: “Together is a special place to work; people truly care about their customers and colleagues, and our company vision is regularly and openly shared, allowing everyone to contribute. 

“I am excited about working with business partners internally and externally towards a common goal: the delivery of an outstanding service and a positive outcome for our customers. 

“This new appointment also a great step forward for diversity and inclusion across the industry — seeing more women in leadership roles in financial services is essential and should be encouraged across the sector.”

Marc Goldberg, commercial finance CEO at Together, added: “Tanya has worked at Together for seven years and has been a valued member of the senior management team in the intermediary channel. 

“She has shown great leadership, commerciality and passion, so when the opportunity arose to appoint a new director of intermediary sales for commercial finance, Tanya was the obvious choice. 

“She brings with her hands-on experience of every role in the channel, possessing a firm understanding of what motivates and drives the team and business partners. 

“Using her high levels of drive, initiative and enthusiasm, she will be placing a high priority on developing the team around her. 

“This appointment also highlights Together’s commitment to developing and recognising talent from within the business.

“I look forward to continuing working with Tanya and supporting her to take the intermediary channel forward — she has a great team who are all united in delivering exceptional service to our partners.”