Exec Leaves UK Mortgage Group

Peter Williams, deputy director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, has decided to leave to become an independent consultant after a dozen years of service at the United Kingdom trade group.Mr. Williams plans to leave his current post on Sept. 30 but continue to work with the council in his new capacity. The council said it has no plans to recruit a new deputy director general. Mr. Williams originally joined the council in 1994 when the CML and the Building Securities Association shared a single secretariat and become the deputy director general when the two groups separated in 1997.