Industry's top performers honoured at the AMAs
A crowd of more than 700 people gathered at Sydney’s Star Event Centre on Friday to acknowledge the best mortgage and finance industry performers for 2023.
The 2023 Australian Mortgage Awards, held in person for only the second time since the pandemic, attracted guests from all over Australia for a glamorous black-tie event.
In the lender awards, Westpac won Q2 Bank of the Year, while Liberty was named Rate Money Non-Bank of the Year. Liberty CEO James Boyle (pictured is above left).
The Proptrack Fintech Lender of the Year award went to ubank, and the Bluestone Home Loans Mortgage Manager of the Year award was won by Mortgage Ezy.
Organised by Key Media, the AMAs are supported by Mortgage Professional Australia and Australian Broker.
Westpac was the event partner for the 14th consecutive year, with NAB and PRPTY 360 premium partners.
Australian comedian and presenter Merrick Watts, who was one of three contestants to complete on Channel 7’s gruelling SAS: Australia challenge in 2020, kept everyone entertained.
After the awards ceremony and three-course dinner were over, guests kicked back on the dance floor, with live entertainment from SongDivision and Soul Mystique.
There were 27 award categories, and two national awards – Westpac Australian Broker of the Year, won by Simplicity Loans & Advisory’s Jean-Pierre Gortan, and the Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year, which went to Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory. Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory’s head of mortgage broking Ben Magnus is pictured below.
In the aggregator awards, Money Quest Group won the ubank Boutique Aggregator of the Year award, and Mortgage Choice was awarded OnDeck Aggregator of the Year. Mortgage Choice CEO Anthony Waldron is pictured above right.
Pepper Money won the LBH Best Industry Marketing Campaign award, and Quickli received the NAB Best Industry Service award.
In the BDM awards, Haley Bellamy from AFG won the Firstmac Best Aggregator BDM award, and Westpac’s Lily Parle was awarded the Mortgage Street Best Major Bank BDM.
The HAYS Best Non-Major Bank BDM award went to Tes Anderson (pictured above centre), from BankWest and the Mortgage Choice Best Non-Bank BDM award was won by Jimmy Hou at Brighten Home Loans.
FBAA Australian Broker of the Year – Residential winner was Christian Stevens from Shore Financial and the La Trobe Financial Broker of the Year – Commercial was awarded to Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory.
Helen Avis of Specialist Mortgage won the Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending award.
Organised by Key Media and supported by Mortgage Professional Australia and Australian Broker, the awards again had the backing of event partner Westpac, along with NAB and PRPTY 360 as premium partners.
Other sponsors include Adelaide Bank, ANZ, Bankwest, Bluestone Home Loans, Commonwealth Bank, Equity-One, FBAA, Firstmac, Gateway Bank, Hays, La Trobe Financial, LBH, Liberty, MFAA, Mortgage Choice, Mortgage Street, OnDeck, Pepper Money, PropTrack, Q2, Rate Money, Resimac and ubank.
FINSTREET is the VIP post awards event sponsor, and PRPTY 360 is the champagne sponsor. Fifo Capital is the photo booth sponsor, Maxiron Capital is the social media sponsor and SongDivision is the entertainment partner.
There were 25 winners announced at last year’s Australian Mortgage Awards 2022.
The full list of 2023 Australian Mortgage Award winners are below. You can also see the winners at the AMAs official website here.
Full list of award winners is below, selected from excellence awardees.
Broker Awards
La Trobe Financial Broker Of The Year – Commercial
Winner: Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory
FBAA Broker Of The Year – Residential
Winner: Christian Stevens, Shore Financial
Pepper Money Broker Of The Year – Specialist Lending
Winner: Helen Avis, Specialist Mortgage
Equity-One Broker Of The Year – Productivity
Winner: Mohit Lal Pradhan, Home Loan Experts
NAB Broker Of The Year – Regional
Winner: Liz McRae, Loan Market Geelong City
Adelaide Bank Young Gun Of The Year
Winner: Kim Bui, Lending Hub Co.
BROKERAGE AWARDS
PRPTY 360 Brokerage Of The Year – Diversification
Winner: The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
MFAA Brokerage Of The Year (1-5 Staff)
Winner: Bayside Residential & Commercial Mortgages
Resimac Brokerage Of The Year (6-20 Staff)
Winner: Specialist Mortgage
Commonwealth Bank Brokerage Of The Year (>20 Staff)
Winner: Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory
ANZ Brokerage Of The Year – Regional
Winner: Loan Market Geelong City
Bankwest New Brokerage Of The Year
Winner: Entourage Mornington
Gateway Bank Best Customer Service From An Individual Office
Winner: Birdie Wealth And Home Loan Experts
INDUSTRY AWARDS
LBH Best Industry Marketing Campaign
Winner: Pepper Money
NAB Best Industry Service
Winner: Quickli
AGGREGATOR AWARDS
ubank Boutique Aggregator Of The Year
Winner: Money Quest Group
OnDeck Aggregator Of The Year
Winner: Mortgage Choice
BDM Awards Firstmac Best Aggregator BDM
Winner: Haley Bellamy, AFG
Mortgage Street Best Major Bank BDM
Winner: Lily Parle, Westpac
HAYS Best Non-Major Bank BDM
Winner: Tes Anderson, Bankwest
Mortgage Choice Best Non-Bank BDM
Winner: Jimmy Hou, Brighten Home Loans
LENDER AWARDS
Q2 Bank Of The Year
Winner: The Westpac Group
Rate Money Non-Bank Of The Year
Winner: Liberty
Proptrack Fintech Lender Of The Year
Winner: ubank
Bluestone Home Loans Mortgage Manager Of The Year
Winner: Mortgage Ezy
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.
Winner: Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory
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.
Winner: Empower Wealth Mortgage Advisory
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