2016 Winners and Excellence Awardees

Friday 17 October 2025 | The Star Event Centre, Sydney

Award Categories

Westpac Australian Broker Of The Year
NAB Australian Brokerage Of The Year
Commonwealth Bank Australian Young Gun Of The Year
Australian Broker Australian BDM Of The Year
ANZ Brokerage Of The Year (≤ 5 Staff) – Independent
ME Brokerage Of The Year (≥6 Staff) – Independent
Brokerage Of The Year – Diversification
NEXTGEN.NET New Brokerage Of The Year
Brokerage Of The Year – Franchise

FBAA Broker Of The Year – Independent
Pepper Money Broker Of The Year – Non-Conforming
ANZ Broker Of The Year – Commercial
Commonwealth Bank Broker Of The Year – Productivity
ALI Group Broker Of The Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life)
Quality Young Gun Of The Year – Franchise
Quality Young Gun Of The Year – Independent
Best Major Bank BDM
Best Non-Bank BDM

Best Non-Major Bank BDM
Bankwest Best Aggregator BDM
Aggregator Of The Year (<500 Brokers)
AFM Best Customer Service From An Individual Office
Best Community Engagement
Best Industry Advertising Campaign
Best Industry Service
Most Effective Internet Presence

WESTPAC AUSTRALIAN BROKER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual broker categories:
Broker of the Year – Productivity
Broker of the Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life)
Broker of the Year – Independent
Broker of the Year – Non-Conforming
Broker of the Year – Commercial

NAB AUSTRALIAN BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR

Winner: PFS Financial Services

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the brokerage categories:
Brokerage of the Year ≤5 Staff – Independent
Brokerage of the Year > 6 Staff – Independent
Brokerage of the Year – Franchise
Brokerage of the Year – Diversification
New Brokerage of the Year

COMMONWEALTH BANK AUSTRALIAN YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Yuval Bloomfield, 1st Street Pty LTD

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual Young Gun categories:
Quality Young Gun of the Year – Franchise
Quality Young Gun of the Year – Independent

AUSTRALIAN BROKER AUSTRALIAN BDM OF THE YEAR

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual BDM categories:
Best Major Bank BDM
Best Non-Major Bank BDM
Best Non-Bank BDM
Best Aggregator BDM

ANZ BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (≤ 5 STAFF) – INDEPENDENT

Winner: PFS Financial Services

Highly Commended: Lending4U

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Astute Ability Group
Mortgage & Finance Solutions
Priority Home Loans
The Financiers Group
Touch of Finance
Unique Finance Services Pty Ltd

ME BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (≥6 STAFF) – INDEPENDENT

Winner: The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Highly Commended: Shore Financial

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

1st Street Pty Ltd
Acceptance Finance
Astute Sydney City Central
Green Finance Group
iconic home loans
N1 Loans
Oxygen Home Loans
Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors

BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR – DIVERSIFICATION

Winner: Astute Sydney City Central

Highly Commended: Green Finance Group

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Assured Home Loans
Finance Made Easy
Green Finance Group
Hunterwood Solutions
N1 Loans
Shore Financial

NEXTGEN.NET NEW BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR

Winner: Cairns Mortgage Brokers

Highly Commended: Right Angle Home Loans

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Entourage Finance
Equatorial Finance Solutions
Hunterwood Solutions
N1 Loans
Peasy
The Financiers Group
VIP Mortgage Solutions

BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR – FRANCHISE

Winner: Loan Market Bayside

Highly Commended: Mortgage Choice Buderim

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Aussie Parramatta
Century21
Choice Home Loans North Parramatta
Loan Market Chermside
Mortgage Choice Buderim
Yellow Brick Road West End

FBAA BROKER OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT

Winner: Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Highly Commended: Justin Doobov, Intelligent Finance

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

George Karam, Byblos Finance
Andrew Mirams, Intuitive Finance
Colin Lamb, Mortgage & Finance Solutions
Joel Wyld, Peasy
Daniel O’Brien, PFS Financial Services
Theo Chambers, Shore Financial
Kevin Agent, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

PEPPER MONEY BROKER OF THE YEAR – NON-CONFORMING

Winner: Stuart Styles, Arthurmac & Co

Highly Commended: Giulio Avian, Fundsnational Pty Ltd

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Stuart Styles, Arthur Mac & Co
Matthew Trad, Home Loan Experts
Margaret Wilcock, Mortgage 500
Genene Ethell, Non Conforming Loans
Graham Reibelt, Oasis Mortgage Group

ANZ Broker Of The Year – Commercial

Winner: George Karam, Byblos Finance

Highly Commended: Daniel Green, Green Finance Group

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

David Kimmorley, Balmain Commercial Canberra
Dan Holden, HoldenCAPITAL
Daniel O’Brien, PFS Financial Services
Jayden Vecchio, Red & Co

COMMONWEALTH BANK BROKER OF THE YEAR – PRODUCTIVITY

Winner: Oliver LI, Option Finance Australia Pty LTD

Highly Commended: George Karam, Byblos Finance

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Moshe Moses, Astute Sydney City Central
Griffin Czipri, eChoice
Justin Doobov, Intelligent Finance
Will Rademeyer, Mortgage Box
Joel Wyld, Peasy
Daniel O’Brien, PFS Financial Services
Ismail Ozsoy, Touch of Finance

ALI GROUP BROKER OF THE YEAR – INSURANCE (MORTGAGE PROTECTION AND LIFE)

Winner: Maxine Farmer, Maxon Finance Pty LTD

Highly Commended: Nicholas Kakalis, Finance Unlimited

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Steven James, Astute Financial Townsville
Kathy Doherty, Aussie Home Loans
Rochelle Hall, Aussie Home Loans Strathpine
Terry Hill, Queensland Financial Services Pty Ltd
Martin Ireland, Resolve Finance

QUALITY YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR – FRANCHISE

Winner: Nelson Bedoya, Loan Market

Highly Commended: Hung Chuy, Yellow Brick Road Randwick

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Christopher Franklin, Aussie Home Loans Gisborne
Sharon Bal, Loan Market
Lee Wisniewski, Loan Market
Alex Politis, Rams Home Loans Adelaide Central
Gavin Tandon, Smartline Home Loans
Sze Chuah, Yellow Brick Road Parramatta

QUALITY YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT

Winner: Yuval Bloomfield, 1st Street Pty Ltd

Highly Commended: Mitchell Shad, Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Weng Wong, Equatorial Finance Solutions
Matthew Posselt, iconic home loans
Steven Ryan, INTERSTELLAR Finance
Harry Favetti, Shore Financial
Paris Galombik, Shore Financial
Natasha Choi, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Chris Huynh, The Financiers Group
Carl Violeta, Violeta Finance

BEST MAJOR BANK BDM

Winner: Shannon Gibbons, Westpac

Highly Commended: John Kakakios, ANZ

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

James Higgs, ANZ
Rick Pudsey, ANZ
Ian Jeffries, CBA
Keryn McLennan, CBA
Susan Kennedy, Nabbroker Qld
Erin Williams, National Australia Bank
Glenn Howlett, Westpac

BEST NON – BANK BDM

Winner: Alf Vasta, Liberty Financial

Highly Commended: Dianne Robinson, Pepper Money

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Karen Kay, Advantedge financial services
Lili Amphone, Australian First Mortgage
Anusha Haran, Bluestone Mortgages
Andrew Crossley, Homeloans
Jasmine Kourouche , Homeloans
Kama Atcheson, Pepper Money
Natalie Pavlovich, Pepper Money
Darren Stratford, RESIMAC
Rachel Walsh, Virgin Money

BEST NON – MAJOR BANK BDM

Winner: John Loukadellis, Macquarie Bank

Highly Commended: Romney Ferguson, Suncorp Bank

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Robert Thomas, AMP Bank
Christopher-Lee Emanuel, Bank of Melbourne
Heather Gallagher, Bank of Queensland
Trent Clyne, Bankwest
Stuart Moore, ING DIRECT
Emily Farrell, Macquarie Bank
Sally Hillman, St. George Bank
Dino Pacella, Suncorp Bank

BANKWEST BEST AGGREGATOR BDM

Winner: Chris Straw, AFG

Highly Commended: Peter Bryant, Vow Financial

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES

Fiona Brown, Connective
Justine Hockley, Connective
Nick Dalamagas, eChoice
Mark Lewis, FAST
Damien Thompson, Finsure
Suzi Trajanovski, Loan Market Victoria
Helen Taylor, PLAN Australia