Dashly, the mortgage evaluation and switching platform, has appointed ex-Connels and Countrywide director Iain Swatton as its head of intermediaries. Swatton was sales director at Connels Group following over two decades at Countrywide Plc, latterly as its financial services director. He said: “Having been on the client-side, my interactions with Dashly’s platform demonstrated not only its deep understanding of buyers and existing mortgage holders but also the firms that operate within the market. “Human advice is more important than ever in the age of big-tech and comparison sites, and Dashly has become a vital ingredient for any brokerage serious about retaining existing customers and nurturing new business opportunities while maintaining their own values and identity.”