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The most anticipated event on the mortgage and finance industry’s calendar – the Australian Mortgage Awards – once again delivered a night of celebration, glamour and networking as a who’s who of sector leaders gathered to honour the 2024 awards winners.
The 2024 Australian Mortgage Awards, held on Friday, October 18, at The Star Event Centre in Sydney, attracted the largest crowd in 10 years, with 800 people in attendance.
Mortgage and finance brokers, BDMs, aggregators, third-party leaders from banks and non-banks, and other industry representatives gathered for the black-tie event, run by Key Media, with support from Australian Broker and Mortgage Professional Australia.
The 23rd annual AMAs, honoured top industry performers in 27 categories, covering brokers and brokerages, BDMs, lenders, mortgage managers and aggregators. More than 200 excellence awardees (finalists) were vying for the top awards.
AMAs 2024 attendees were treated to a fantastic performance from Australian pop singer and songwriter Ricki Lee. Comedian and radio and TV presenter Merrick Watts emceed the awards.
Westpac Group head of mortgage broker distribution Warren Shaw (pictured below) said Westpac was proud to be the event partner for the 2024 Australian Mortgage Awards for the 16th consecutive year.
“The awards provide a great opportunity to come together and celebrate the outstanding achievements of those in the mortgage broking Industry and reflect on another big year,” Shaw said.
Shaw said the standard for professionals in this industry was already incredibly high and every year finalists exceeded expectations.
“I am always impressed by the calibre of the finalists and winners and they should give all of us much confidence for the future of our industry. Australians trust and value the independent service mortgage brokers provide.
“Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank – we are proud to partner with brokers and look forward to working in partnership for many more years to come.”
The award sponsors included ANZ, Bankwest, Bendigo Bank Broker, Bluestone Home Loans, Commonwealth Bank, Equity-One, FBAA, Firstmac, Infinity Capital Financial Group, Keystone Capital, La Trobe Financial, Liberty, MFAA, Mortgage Choice, Mortgage Street, MSA National, MyState Bank, Pepper Money, Rate Money, RedZed, Resimac, So Money and Sprnt.
An exclusive post-awards party, sponsored by Finstreet, was held following the awards giving people the chance to dance the night away.
Also supporting the awards were feature act sponsor FinSecure, social media sponsor Maxiron, photobooth sponsor MA Money, and champagne sponsor PRPTY360.
Awards were presented to brokers across six categories.
Alvie Oliveira of Capta Financial won FBAA Broker of the Year – Residential, while Belinda Caesar (pictured above second from left) of BC Finance won NAB Broker of the Year – Regional.
La Trobe Financial Broker of the Year – Commercial was awarded to Jean-Pierre Gortan from Simplicity Loans & Advisory (pictured above left), and the Equity-One Broker of the Year – Productivity award was presented to The Australian Lending & Investment Centre’s Mark Davis.
Michael Maiolo of The Melbourne Mortgage Company received the Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending award, while Bendigo Bank Broker Young Gun of the Year went to Jayden Brown (pictured above right), of Harrow & Co.
National award Westpac Australian Broker of the Year is chosen from the winners of these categories: Broker of the Year – Commercial; Broker of the Year – Residential; Broker of the Year – Productivity; Broker of the Year – Regional; and Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending.
Jean-Pierre Gortan (Simplicity Loans & Advisory) won Westpac Australian Broker of the Year 2024 award for the second consecutive year.
There were seven awards up for grabs in the brokerage categories.
The Australian Lending & Investment Centre won PRPTY360 Brokerage of the Year – Diversification; while Go Mortgage took out ANZ Brokerage of the Year – Regional.
Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages, led by managing director Kevin Wheatley (pictured above, second from right), won MFAA Brokerage of the Year (1-5 Staff). Resimac Brokerage of the Year (6-20 Staff) was awarded to Infinity Group Australia.
Azura Financial won Commonwealth Bank Brokerage of the Year (>20 Staff) and Aria Mortgage Brokers received Bankwest New Brokerage of the Year.
Infinity Group Australia also won Bluestone Home Loans Best Customer Service from an Individual Office.
Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year is a national award that is chosen from excellence awardees in these 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 and New Brokerage of the Year.
Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages won the Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year.
Awards were also presented for the top lenders, aggregators, BDMs, mortgage managers and industry partners.
In the lender categories, Bankwest won Infinity Capital Financial Group Bank of the Year, while Pepper Money was awarded Rate Money Non-Bank of the Year.
RedZed Fintech Lender of the Year went to Athena Home Loans, while Rate Money won the Keystone Capital Mortgage Manager of the Year.
LMG took out MSA National Aggregator of the Year. Purple Circle Financial Services won MyState Bank Boutique Aggregator of the Year.
The 2024 Australian Mortgage Awards winners are listed below. You can also see the full list of winners and excellence awardees at the AMAs website.
Australian Mortgage Awards 2024 winners
Westpac Australian Broker of the Year
Winner: Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory
Liberty Australian Brokerage of the Year
Winner: Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages
La Trobe Financial Broker of the Year – Commercial
Winner: Jean-Pierre Gortan, Simplicity Loans & Advisory
Equity-One Broker of the Year – Productivity
Winner: Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
NAB Broker of the Year – Regional
Winner: Belinda Caesar, BC Finance
FBAA Broker of the Year – Residential
Winner: Alvie Oliveira, Capta Financial
Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending
Winner: Michael Maiolo, The Melbourne Mortgage Company
Bendigo Bank Broker Young Gun of the Year
Winner: Jayden Brown, Harrow & Co.
PRPTY360 Brokerage of the Year – Diversification
Winner: The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
ANZ Brokerage of the Year – Regional
Winner: Go Mortgage
MFAA Brokerage of the Year (1-5 Staff)
Winner: Bayside Residential and Commercial Mortgages
Resimac Brokerage of the Year (6-20 Staff)
Winner: Infinity Group Australia
Commonwealth Bank Brokerage of the Year (>20 Staff)
Winner: Azura Financial
Bankwest New Brokerage of the Year
Winner: Aria Mortgage Brokers
Bluestone Home Loans Best Customer Service from an Individual Office
Winner: Infinity Group Australia
Sprnt (LBH) Best Industry Marketing Campaign
Winner: Helia
NAB Best Industry Service
Winner: Broker Essentials
MyState Bank Boutique Aggregator of the Year
Winner: Purple Circle Financial Services
MSA National Aggregator of the Year
Winner: LMG
Firstmac Best Aggregator BDM
Winner: Natalie Viney, Connective
Mortgage Street Best Major Bank BDM
Winner: Lily Parle, Westpac
Mortgage Choice Best Non-Bank BDM
Winner: Ellie Shedden, Oak Capital
So Money Best Non-Major Bank BDM
Winner: Sally Hillman, St.George Bank
RedZed Fintech Lender of the Year
Winner: Athena Home Loans
Keystone Capital Mortgage Manager of the Year
Winner: Rate Money
Rate Money Non-Bank of the Year
Winner: Pepper Money
Infinity Capital Financial Group Bank of the Year
Winner: Bankwest
