Walpole-based Mortgage Master Inc. has named Donald Henig its national sales director.

Henig will direct the 250-person sales organization across its 30 branch offices, implementing both online and branch-based sales strategies to boost sales nationally.

"Don’s breadth of experience in the mortgage banker business and his demonstrated ability to create a positive sales culture in small and large organizations make him a perfect leader for our company," said Mortgage Master CEO Leif Thomsen in a statement.  "He managed divisions representing $60 billion of annual originations at American Home Mortgage.  His ability to grow origination expertise and bringing that large company experience into Mortgage Master will help us grow to the next level."

As president of Third Party Lending with American Home Mortgage from 2001-2007, Henig’s team produced $300 million in net profits in a single year.  He built the Internet division to the fifth largest in the nation, wholesale to the sixth largest and most profitable, while the correspondent division was on track to originate $12 billion in its first year.

A 27-year industry vet, Henig in 1987 founded the New York Association of Mortgage Brokers, served as president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers and was the first broker to serve on the Board of Governors of Mortgage Bankers of America, as well as that organization’s executive committee.