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Congratulations AMA Award Winners & Finalists!

The Australian Mortgage Awards are amongst our industry’s most respected and prestigious, creating a benchmark for best-practice service standards and recognising many of the highest achievers. It was great to see so many Connective brokers amongst the finalists this year – thanks to those of you who joined us at the awards presentation and celebrated with us on the night.

We’re proud to be congratulating several Connective members amongst the winners this year. All of our brokers are high achievers when it comes to industry best-practice and service standards – however, these performances are a stand-out and deserve our recognition. Take a look at our list of finalists and winners below, and please join us in congratulating them.

Connective Wins too!

This year, Connective won Most Effective Online Presence for our Mercury IT Platform. We’re very proud to have been recognised for this award as the continuous improvement of the Mercury platform has been a big focus for the business.   Congratulations to Jon Meadows, Connective GM Technology and the IT Development Team for all their hard work.

This award also belongs to you, our broker members. It’s your continuing support and honest participation in the development of Mercury that helps us continually improve it to meet your needs, and keep it at the forefront of technology in the Australian mortgage broking industry.

 Finalists and Winners

Westpac Australian Broker of the Year
Ian Robinson, Robinson Sewell Partners (WINNER)

NAB Australian Brokerage of the Year
1st Street Financial (WINNER)


Bluestone Brokerage of the Year – Diversification
1st street Financial
DPN (Direct Property Network)
Finance Unlimited

Great Finance Group Brokerage of the Year
1st street Financial (WINNER)

Alliance Mortgage Solutions
Entourage Finance
Intuitive Finance
Red & Co

ME Brokerage of the Year
The Australian Lending and Investment Centre (WINNER)
Home Loan Experts

NextGen.Net New Brokage of the Year
Black and White Finance
Entourage Finance
Sunraysia Home Loans

La Trobe Financial Best Customer Service from an Individual Office
1st street Financial
Connected Finance
Entourage Finance

Most Effective Online Presence – Broker
Black and White Finance
Entourage Finance
Intuitive Finance

ANZ Broker of the Year – Commercial
Ian Robinson, Robinson Sewell Partners (WINNER)

FBAA Broker of the Year – Independent
Damien Roylance, Entourage Finance
Kevin Agent, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

ALI Group Broker of the Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life)
Frank Xiriha – Zebra Financial Pty Ltd
Maxine Farmer, Maxon Finance
Nicholas Kakalis, Finance Unlimited

Pepper Money Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending
Ian Robinson, Robinson Sewell Partners (WINNER)
Scott Vine, Lending Solutions Group
Stuart Styles, Arthurmac & Co Pty Ltd
Vincent Moore, Entourage Finance

CBA Broker of the Year – Productivity
Andrew Mirams, Intuitive Finance
Kevin Agent, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Australian Broker Young Gun of the Year (Franchise)
Michelle Kerr, Nectar Mortgages
Sam Panetta, Yellow Brick Road

ING Young Gun of the Year (Independent)
Ashleigh Patterson, Momentum Wealth Finance
Chris Raymond, Australian Credit & Finance
Natasha Choi, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Nathan Vecchio, Hunter Galloway
Redom Syed, Confidence Finance

Most Effective Online Presence
Connective (WINNER)