Joust.com.au, an online home loan marketplace that helps borrowers connect with the right lenders and brokers, has appointed Virginia Marshall and Stuart Stoyan as non-executive directors to its board.
Marshall (pictured above) is a chartered accountant with 20-plus years of experience across ASX-listed corporations in Australia and New Zealand.
She joins the board after more than 10 years spent in various executive management teams and is currently a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Prior to Joust, she worked at Westpac in a number of roles, including deputy CFO for consumer bank division at Westpac in Australia, and head of transformation and investments for the bank’s New Zealand operations. Marshall currently serves as CFO for Society One and is a member of the board risk and audit committee at Cancer Council NSW.
Stoyan (pictured below) is an entrepreneur with extensive experience in fintech, consumer lending, and open data. He is the former founder and CEO of MoneyPlace, one of Australia’s fastest-growing personal loan providers.
Stoyan also founded Australia’s first and largest survey of the fintech industry, the Fintech Census. He was a co-founder and former Chairman of Fintech Australia, and is currently a member of the Australian Government's open banking Data Standards Board Advisory Committee. Earlier in his career, Stoyan was the head of strategy for NAB business and a management consultant at Bain & Company.
“We are pleased to welcome Stuart and Virginia as new directors to the Joust board at a time during which we are looking to drive increased and sustained growth for the business,” Joust Chairman Chris Taylor said.
“We are confident they will provide valuable perspectives and important strategic thinking for an exciting and fast-growing business.”
“I am looking forward to working with Virginia and Stuart to guide the Joust business through the next phase of its growth,” Joust CEO Carl Hammerschmidt said.
“They both bring outstanding experience in the banking, lending, fintech, and scale-up sectors, and their appointments provide a wonderful opportunity for us to leverage that experience for the benefit of our consumers, lenders, and shareholders.”
