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
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.
