comparethemarket.com Appoints new Money Director

LONDON, February 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Former Countrywide Business Development Director Joins the UK's Most Recognised Price Comparison Website

comparethemarket.com, one of the UK's leading price comparison websites, has announced the appointment of a new Director of Money. Simon McCulloch joins comparethemarket.com (http://www.comparethemarket.com/) to focus on the management of all money comparison products including credit cards (http://www.comparethemarket.com/credit-cards/), mortgages, savings, loans (http://www.comparethemarket.com/loans/) and banking products.

Prior to joining comparethemarket.com, Simon spent over 11 years at Countrywide within the Mortgage Services Division including management Countrywide's insurance business. McCulloch was responsible for the introduction of many new product lines and the management of product provider relationships, as well as sales process development, customer re-solicitation and overseeing the financial services call centres, to better enhance Countrywide's product and service offerings for its customers.

Jeremy Moll, Commercial Director at comparethemarket.com, said, 'I am delighted that Simon has joined the team. We now have the full time leadership on Money comparison to ensure we continue to strengthen the customer proposition. His strong industry credentials and experience will prove valuable to the team.'

Simon McCulloch, Director of Money, said, 'I'm really excited about the opportunities that lay ahead of me. My focus will be on developing the brand's money proposition to include new product lines and to ensure our customers are provided with choice and best buy value in every product we offer.'