Australian Mortgage Awards 2024 excellence awardees announced

With the Australian Mortgage Awards 2024 fast approaching, the official list of this year’s excellence awardees has been revealed.

The event, scheduled for Friday, October 18, at the Star Event Centre in Sydney, will include a prestigious black-tie gala dinner.

Now in its 23rd year, the awards continue to recognise and celebrate remarkable achievements within the mortgage and finance industry, showcasing excellence in service delivery, innovation, professionalism, and leadership.

Ricki Lee to headline AMAs entertainment

Organized by Key Media and supported by Mortgage Professional Australia and Australian Broker, the Australian Mortgage Awards spotlight the nation’s top performers.

This year’s entertainment lineup is impressive, with pop icon Ricki Lee set to wow the audience with her vocal talents, while popular comedian Merrick Watts will take on the role of emcee.

 DJ Mimi will keep the energy high with post-event beats for those looking to dance the night away.

The AMAs have secured significant support from industry organizations. Westpac returns as the event partner for the 15th consecutive year, with NAB and PRPTY 360 joining as premium partners.

Additionally, 25 mortgage industry businesses are backing the event, including FinSecure and award sponsors ANZ, Bankwest, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Bluestone, Commonwealth Bank, Equity-One, FBAA, Firstmac, Infinity Capital Financial Group, La Trobe Financial, LBH Partners, Liberty, MFAA, Mortgage Choice, Mortgage Street, MSA National, MyState Bank, Pepper Money, Rate Money, RedZed, Resimac, and So Money.

Finstreet has come on board as the post-awards event sponsor, Maxiron as the social media sponsor, and MA Money as the photobooth sponsor.

Among those finalists (excellence awardees) vying for 2024 Australian Mortgage Awards are SFG (MSA National Aggregator of the Year – SFG general manager Blake Buchanan pictured above left); Tia Baena (pictured above, second from left), ING Australia (So Money Best Non-Major Bank BDM);  Bankwest (Infinity Capital Financial Group Bank of the Year, Bankwest general manager third party banking, pictured above second from right); and Liberty (Rate Money Non-Bank of the Year, Liberty chief distribution officer David Smith, pictured above right)

The full list of excellence awardees is available on the Australian Mortgage Awards website and is available below. Each of the excellence awardees is a finalist for the 2024 Australian Mortgage Awards.

2024 Excellence Awardees 

MSA National Aggregator of the Year 

• LMG 
• Mortgage Choice 
• outsource Financial 
• SFG 

Infinity Capital Financial Group Bank of the Year 

• Bankwest 
• Heartland Bank 
• ING 
• NAB 
• Suncorp Bank 
• ubank 
• Westpac Group 

Firstmac Best Aggregator BDM 

• Aaron Barry-Davis, Finsure 
• Aarti Mason, LMG 
• Alfonso Pagdanganan, Specialist Finance Group 
• Andrea Walton, National Mortgage Brokers 
• James Kemp, outsource Financial 
• Louise Mills, Connective 
• Natalie Viney, Connective 
• Patrick Moore, LMG 
• Paul Song, Finsure 
• Sanjay Chandiramani, Mortgage Choice 

Bluestone Best Customer Service from an Individual Office 

• Aussie Windsor 
• Azura Financial 
• Cinch Loans 
• FinVu Home Loans 
• Home Loan Experts 
• Infinity Group Australia 
• Lending Solved 
• Mortgage Innovations 
• Sattouts Finance 
• Stoneturn 

Sprnt (LBH) Best Industry Marketing Campaign 

• Bendigo Bank Broker 
• Helia 
• Mortgage Choice 
• The Uptick Group 

NAB Best Industry Service 

• Broker Essentials 
• Broker Ideas Group 
• Elula 
• finPOWER Australia 
• FINSTREET 
• Helia 
• Nimo Industries 
• Quickli 
• Success & Broker 
• The Brokers' Bible 

Mortgage Street Best Major Bank BDM 

• Arun Paranthaman, Commonwealth Bank of Australia 
• Blake Hauber, Westpac 
• George Markos, ANZ 
• Grant Rice, Westpac Mortgage Broker Distribution 
• Jenny Zeng, NAB 
• Kemao (Kym) Ning, ANZ 
• Lily Parle, Westpac 
• William Xi, NAB 
• Yash Dave, NAB Broker 

Mortgage Choice Best Non-Bank BDM 

• Bettina Lumsden, Pepper Money 
• Bryce Hill, La Trobe Financial 
• Caroline Pellew, Liberty 
• Chris White, Resimac 
• Darren Yow, Titan Capital 
• Ellie Shedden, Oak Capital 
• Gina Lo Grande, MoneyPlace 
• Glen Gillespie, Better Mortgage Management 
• Kay Yang, Brighten Home Loans 
• Leah Hutchings, ALI Group 
• Richard Galvin, Advantedge
• Sarin Yedelian, MA Money 

So Money Best Non-Major Bank BDM 

• Andrea Kanatlarovska, St.George Bank 
• Michael Acciarito, ubank 
• Neo Kumar, Bank of Melbourne 
• Sally Breeze, MyState Bank 
• Sally Hillman, St.George Bank 
• Tia Baena, ING 
• Tom Li, Suncorp 
• Zach Johnson, MyState Bank 

MyState Bank Boutique Aggregator of the Year 

• Hai Money 
• Liberty Network Services (LNS) 
• MoneyQuest Group 
• My Local Broker 
• Platform Finance 
• Purple Circle Financial Services 
• Redrock Group 

La Trobe Financial Broker of the Year – Commercial 

• Andrew Kelly, AFC 
• Bill Moskovich, Stamford Capital Australia 
• Daniel Green, Green Finance Group 
• Isabella Constantinou, Simplicity Loans & Advisory 
• Jack Punch, Tesoro Financial 
• Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory 
• Jiyun Tang, AUSUN Finance 
• Katie Liu, JKK Solutions 
• Kevin Wheatley, Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages 
• Son Pham, Rethink Financing 

Equity-One Broker of the Year – Productivity 

• Adam Wadley, Numero Uno Finance 
• Andrew Hadjidemetri, Australian Financial and Mortgage Solutions 
• Ayushi Patel, Cinch Loans 
• Balwinder Singh, Absolut Financial 
• Ben Walker, First Finance Solutions 
• Brian Berger, Social Financial 
• Chuyu Feng, AUSUN Finance Box Hill 
• Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre 
• Parampreet Samra, Grow and Co Finance 
• Vincent Moore, Entourage Mornington 

NAB Broker of the Year – Regional 

• Andrew Lee, Loan Market 
• Belinda Caesar, BC Finance 
• Connor Perry, Money Links 
• Emmanuel Marios, Derwent Finance 
• Jacqui Webb, Ignite Financial NQ 
• Joshua Trevitt, JT Home Loans 
• Kristie Gould, Mortgage Choice - Warners Bay 
• Sam Arthurs, Loan Market Warrnambool 
• Xavier Quenon, Go Mortgage 

FBAA Broker of the Year – Residential 

• Alvie Oliveira, Capta Financial 
• Chris Bates, Flint 
• Chris Raymond, Unconditional Finance 
• Chris Wilson, Sunshine Coast Financial Solutions 
• Josh Bartlett, Mynt Financial 
• Louisa Sanghera, Zippy Financial Group 
• Peter Ha, Mortgage Pros 
• Sarah Thomson, Loan Market Geelong City 
• Toby Edmunds, Loan Market Razor 
• Zakee Sheriff, Infinity Group Finance 

Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending 

• Chris Mushan, Chapter Two Australia 
• Dana Blewitt, The Lenders Club 
• Darren Coff, Investure 
• Helen Avis, Specialist Mortgage 
• Keval Oza, Absolut Financial 
• Michael Hughes, AHK Finance 
• Michael Maiolo, The Melbourne Mortgage Company 
• Mohit Lal Pradhan, Home Loan Experts 
• Nicole Romero, Loan Market (Newcastle) 
• Sandy Kelso, Kelso Finance Mortgage Brokers 

PRPTY 360 Brokerage of the Year – Diversification 

• Cinch Loans 
• First Choice Mortgage Brokers 
• Infinity Group Australia 
• Link Wealth Group 
• Own Money 
• Secure Finance Services 
• Shore Financial 
• Small Local Brokers 
• Specialist Mortgage 
• The Australian Lending & Investment Centre 

ANZ Brokerage of the Year – Regional 

• Black Pen Lending 
• Blackbird Mortgage Solutions 
• Derwent Finance 
• Go Mortgage 
• Loan Market Bowral and Goulburn 
• Loan Market Direct 
• Loan Market Geelong City 
• Mortgage Innovations 
• My Finance Agent 
• Vie Finance & Insurance - Launceston 

Commonwealth Bank Brokerage of the Year (>20 Staff) 

• Azura Financial 
• Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory 
• Entourage Finance 
• Home Loan Experts 
• Loan Gallery Finance 
• Simplicity Loans & Advisory 
• Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors 
• Stamford Capital Australia 
• The Australian Lending & Investment Centre 
• UFinancial 

MFAA Brokerage of the Year (1-5 Staff) 

• Australian Financial and Mortgage Solutions 
• Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages 
• Evoke Capital 
• Harrow & Co. 
• Fidget Finance 
• Lending Hub Co 
• Loan Market Bowral and Goulburn 
• Loan Market Ignite 
• Pristine Finance 
• Two Birds One Loan 

Resimac Brokerage of the Year (6-20 Staff) 

• Absolut Financial 
• Birdie Wealth 
• Capta Financial 
• Cinch Loans 
• Crew Financial 
• Infinity Group Australia 
• Loan Market Double Bay 
• Mortgage Pros 
• MortgageWorks 
• Zippy Financial Group 

RedZed Fintech Lender of the Year 

• Athena Home Loans 
• Funding 
• MoneyPlace 
• Titan Capital 
• ubank 

Mortgage Manager of the Year 

• FinSecure 
• FINSTREET 
• Granite Home Loans 
• Mortgage Ezy 
• Rate Money 
• So Money 

Bankwest New Brokerage of the Year 

• Aria Financial 
• JT Finance Group 
• Leap Financial 
• Loan Market Propel 
• Manage Your Loans 
• MyLoans Services 
• OZO Finance 
• Savvy Lend 
• Vie Finance & Insurance - Brisbane North 
• Vision Finance Collective 

Rate Money Non-Bank of the Year 

• Archer Wealth 
• Assetline Capital 
• Brighten Home Loans 
• Equity-One 
• Firstmac 
• Liberty Financial 
• MA Money 
• Pepper Money 
• RedZed 
• Trilogy Funds 

Bendigo Bank Broker Young Gun of the Year 

• David Signore, Loans Combined 
• Dylan Marchingo, Investure 
• Jayden Brown, Harrow & Co. 
• Mark Stutz, Quattro Finance & Advisory 
• Richie Nguyen, Lending Hub Co 
• Riley May, Derwent Finance 
• Samuel Swiderski, Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors 
• Tara Rockett, Rockett Finance Solutions 
• Terri Sillitoe, Lendi 
• Tristan Vercoe, Fortifi Finance 
• Wanting Liu (Millie), Ausun Finance 

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. 

Broker of the Year – Commercial 
Broker of the Year – Residential 
Broker of the Year – Productivity 
Broker of the Year – Regional 
Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending 

This category was 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: 

Brokerage of the Year (1-5 staff) 
Brokerage of the Year (6-20 staff) 
Brokerage of the Year (Over 20 staff) 
Brokerage of the Year – Diversification 
Brokerage of the Year – Regional 
New Brokerage of the Year 

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