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Who are the finalists for the Australian Mortgage Awards 2023?




The Australian Mortgage Awards are back, and this year’s black-tie gala will offer the mortgage industry’s best the chance to be showcased on a national stage, while celebrating with all the glitz and glamour that participants deserve.

In anticipation of the event, scheduled for The Star Sydney on 13 October, Australian Broker and Mortgage Professional Australia are proud to present the excellence awardees (finalists) in the lead up to the 2023 AMAs.

This year’s awards will honour brokers, aggregators, business development managers and lenders across 25 categories, plus two national awards – Westpac Australian Broker of the Year and Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year.

The broker of the year awards will be spread out across five categories, including commercial, residential, regional and specialist lending, as well as a young gun of the year award while the lender awards include the fintech lender of the year, as well as bank and non-bank of the year.

Son Pham (pictured above centre), managing director of Rethink Financing, an excellence awardee for the La Trobe Financial Broker of the Year – Commercial, said he was excited to attend his first AMAs.

“What this award means to me that is that what we are doing is making an impact on our clients’ futures,” Pham said. “I think the fact we were nominated shows that our clients trust us to be their partner in choice in helping them achieve their goals and dreams.”

“It’s important to be recognised. It shows that hard work, determination, and perseverance will pay dividends. It also boosts morale and motivation for the entire team as well.”

Among the other broker excellence awardees are Helen Avis (pictured above left), of Specialist Finance, who is a finalist in the Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending, and Leah Busby (pictured above right), who has been named in the Equity-One Broker of the Year – Productivity category. 

Westpac is proudly lending its support as event partner – the major bank’s 14th year of backing the awards – while NAB and PRPTY360 are premium partners.

Westpac Group head of mortgage broker distribution Warren Shaw said Australians support and value the independent service mortgage brokers provide. “We support and celebrate this as we come together to recognise an industry of hard-working and high-achieving professionals at this year’s AMAs.”

In addition, 20 other organisations have shown their support for the 2023 AMAs as award sponsors, including Adelaide Bank, ANZ, Bankwest, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Equity-One, FBAA, Firstmac, Gateway Bank, Hays, La Trobe Financial, Liberty, MFAA, Mortgage Choice, OnDeck, Pepper Money, PropTrack, Q2, Rate Money, Resimac and ubank.

The social media sponsor is Maxiron Capital and FINSTREET is the VIP post awards event sponsor while Fifo Capital is sponsoring the photo booth. PRPTY360 is also the champagne sponsor. The entertainment partner is SongDivision.

See the full list of 2023 Australian Mortgage Awards Excellence Awardees here and below:

BROKER AWARDS

LA TROBE FINANCIAL BROKER OF THE YEAR – COMMERCIAL

Daniel Green, Green Finance Group

George Karam, BF Money

Isabella Constantinou, Simplicity Loans & Advisory

Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory

Joseph Portolesi, JPI Finance

Marwan Rahme, Kanebridge Capital

Kevin Wheatley, Bayside Residential & Commercial Mortgages

Son Pham, Rethink Financing

FBAA BROKER OF THE YEAR – RESIDENTIAL

Alex Veljancevski, Eventus Financial

Chris Bates, Blusk

Christian Stevens, Shore Financial

Chuyu (Kiki) Feng, AUSUN Finance

Graeme Holm, Infinity Group Australia

Josh Egan, Astute Melbourne City South, Gippsland and Newstead

Louisa Sanghera, Zippy Financial Group

Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Parth Shah, Jabsons Finance

Sarah Thomson, Loan Market Geelong City

PEPPER MONEY BROKER OF THE YEAR – SPECIALIST LENDING

Hayden Turner, KeyStart Finance

Helen Avis, Specialist Mortgage

Mark Anyon, Green Finance Group

Michael Hughes, AHK Finance

Michael Maiolo, SMSF Loan Experts

Rojan Paudel, Home Loan Experts

Samuel Gardiner, TSC Mortgage Brokers/Punters Finance

Suvidh Arora, Cinch Loans

EQUITY-ONE BROKER OF THE YEAR – PRODUCTIVITY

Andrew Hadjidemetri, Australian Financial and Mortgage Solutions

Ben Walker, First Finance Solutions – BW Finance Solutions

Christopher Raymond, Unconditional Finance

Chuyu (Kiki) Feng, AUSUN Finance

Hasitha Dharmasena, JETT Finance

Leah Busby, Blackfish Finance

Mohit Lal Pradhan, Home Loan Experts

Parag Dixit, Nfinity Financials

Suvidh Arora, Cinch Loans

Vivienne Than, Home Loan Experts

NAB BROKER OF THE YEAR – REGIONAL

Brenden Lowbridge, Money Links

Duane Mengel, Mortgage Choice Coffs Harbour

Jarred Spurr, Hubbl.it

Kirsty McKinnon, Flair Finance

Liz McRae, Loan Market Geelong City

Matthew Turner, GSC Finance Solutions

Nick Smith, Red10 Finance

Paul Nelson, Nelson Financial

Vincent Woodgate, Woodgate Finance

Xavier Quenon, Go Mortgage

ADELAIDE BANK YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR

Baz Khan, Mortgage Advice Bureau Sydney

Bradley Donnelly, Green Finance Group

David Lucas, Indigo Finance

Jyh Kao, JD Capital

Kim Bui, Lending Hub Co.

Morgan Bushell, Full Circle Finance

Nicholas Hakim, Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors

Peter Jin, Keylend

Shubham Bhaskar, Sheel Capital

Terry Wong, Fundex Capital

Veronica Vojnikovic, Vevo Financial Services

BROKERAGE AWARDS

PRPTY360 BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR – DIVERSIFICATION        

The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

AUSUN Finance

Birdie Wealth

Blackfish Finance

Build Invest Grow

Infinity Group Australia

Leopard Lending

Marquee Group

Secure Finance

TM Finance Group

Ufinancial

MFAA BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (1-5 STAFF)

Bayside Residential & Commercial Mortgages

MoneyQuest Penrith and Blue Mountains

Mortgage Choice (St Peters)

Mortgage Choice in Lane Cove

Nfinity Financials

Nelson Financial

Pristine Finance

Reach Lending Group

Zippy Financial Group

RESIMAC BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (6-20 STAFF)

Atelier Wealth

Birdie Wealth

Blue Crane Capital

Infinity Group Australia

JKK Solutions

Ming Finance

MortgageWorks

Reservoir Finance

Seniors First – Reverse Mortgage Broker

Specialist Mortgage

COMMONWEALTH BANK BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (>20 STAFF)

1st Street Financial

The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory

Entourage

Green Finance Group

Inovayt

Loan Gallery Finance

Shore Financial

Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors

Ufinancial

ANZ BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR – REGIONAL

Astute Gippsland

Atmosphere Capital

Capta Financial

Crunch Finance

Go Mortgage

Loan Market Geelong City

Mortgage Innovations

Preferred Finance

BANKWEST NEW BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR

Cinch Loans

Core Finance Co

Entourage Mornington

Loan Market

Lending Hub Co.

Resolve Finance – Nedlands

Trusted Financial Choice

The Happy Finance Company

GATEWAY BANK BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM AN INDIVDUAL OFFICE

Birdie Wealth

Home Loan Experts

JETT Finance

Loan Market Canberra

Mortgage Domayne

Mortgage Choice (St Peters)

Penny Finance

Shore Financial

Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors

Specialist Mortgage

INDUSTRY AWARDS

BEST INDUSTRY MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Bankwest

Birdie Wealth

Mortgage Choice

My Expert®

Pepper Money

ubank

NAB BEST INDUSTRY SERVICE

Broker Essentials

Deposit Assure

FINSTREET GROUP

LoanQ

PropTrack

Quickli

Rerise Digital

Ruan Burger & Success & Broker

Uptick Marketing

AGGREGATOR AWARDS

UBANK BOUTIQUE AGGREGATOR OF THE YEAR

Liberty Network Services

Masters Broker Group

Money Quest Group

Platform Finance

ONDECK AGGREGATOR OF THE YEAR

Finsure

Loan Market

Mortgage Choice

National Mortgage Brokers

outsource Financial

BDM AWARDS

FIRSTMAC BEST AGGREGATOR BDM

Anne-Marie Deieso, Loan Market

Anthony Wick, National Mortgage Brokers

Ben Livera, Mortgage Choice

Erin Williams, AFG

Haley Bellamy, AFG

Sarah Chan, outsource Financial

Shelley Tetlaw, Loan Market

Taryn Howe, Loan Market

Van Vu, Finsure

BEST MAJOR BANK BDM

Anita Crawford, Westpac

Anthony Gravina, NAB

Anurag Bonde, Commonwealth Bank

Blake Hauber, Westpac

George Markos, ANZ

Jessica Matthews, Commonwealth Bank

Kym Ning, ANZ

Lily Parle, Westpac

Sam Tang, Westpac

Yash Dave, NAB

HAYS BEST NON-MAJOR BANK BDM

Aysun Portoglou, Everrich Finance

Helen Bozikis, Bankwest

Kim Lau, Suncorp Bank

Madeleine Papathanasiou, Bank of Melbourne

Michael Anastasovski, HSBC

Nicholas Brookes, ING

Roohi Kumar, St.George Bank

Sally Hillman, St.George Bank

Tes Anderson, Bankwest

Tony Lionello, ubank

MORTGAGE CHOICE BEST NON-BANK BDM

Belinda Gray, Bluestone

Chris Maamoun, Funding.com.au

Dragan Latincic, Firstmac

Harry Stewart, Pepper Money

Jaime Aplin, Prospa

Jimmy Hou, Brighten Home Loans

Jo Oliver, Resimac

Liz Mollica, Resimac

Simon Winters, SHIFT

Waran Chandiran, La Trobe Financial  

LENDER AWARDS

Q2 BANK OF THE YEAR

Bank of Sydney

Bankwest

ING Australia

Suncorp Bank

The Westpac Group

ubank

RATE MONEY NON-BANK OF THE YEAR

Brighten Home Loans

Heartland Reverse Mortgages

La Trobe Financial

Liberty Financial

Pallas Capital

Pepper Money

RedZed

Resimac

PROPTRACK FINTECH LENDER OF THE YEAR

Butn Limited

Funding.com.au

Prospa

ubank

Wisr

MORTGAGE MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Better Mortgage Management

FINSTREET

Home Affordability Solutions

Mortgage Ezy

Rate Money

NATIONAL AWARDS

WESTPAC AUSTRALIAN BROKER OF THE YEAR

This award recognises the most outstanding mortgage broker in Australia. The excellence awardees in this category comprise the winners of the individual broker categories.

•            LA TROBE FINANCIAL Broker of the Year – Commercial

•            FBAA Broker of the Year – Independent & Franchise

•            EQUITY-ONE Broker of the Year – Productivity

•            NAB Broker of the Year – Regional 

•            PEPPER MONEY Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending

This category is not open for nominations. Excellence awardees will be announced on the night.

LIBERTY AUSTRALIAN BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR

This award recognises the most outstanding brokerage operation in Australia. The excellence awardees in this category comprise the winners of the brokerage categories:

•            MFAA Brokerage of the Year (1-5 staff)

•            RESIMAC Brokerage of the Year (6-20 staff)

•            COMMONWEALTH BANK Brokerage of the Year (Over 20 staff)

•            PRPTY360 Brokerage of the Year – Diversification

•            ANZ Brokerage of the Year – Diversification

•            BANKWEST New Brokerage of the Year

This category is not open for nominations. Excellence awardees will be announced on the night.

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