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says McConville. His career shifted him to Melbourne in 1995 with ANZ’s Originator Services Unit. This introduced him to the broker world and to providing wholesale mortgage solutions for white label suppliers as a partnership manager. He then became a general manager, which involved sourcing new mortgage managers and brokers. An opportunity then arose for McConville to join Homeloans as a business development manager, and within his first year he was nominated for Best Non-bank BDM at the 2011 Australian Mortgage Awards. “So I’ve gone from credit to wholesale to mortgage manager, and now to a BDM talking to brokers again, getting back to the broker world,” says McConville. He has been with Homeloans ever since, and went on to transition into a broking role.
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BANKER, BDM, BROKER WA broker for Homeloans Ltd Paul McConville held a number of roles in finance, each one connecting him closer to the broking world before he chose to become a broker himself PAUL MCCONVILLE’S diverse background and more than 20 years in the mortgage industry have seen him go from credit manager into wholesale management and on to become a business
development manager before settling into a broker role two years ago. As a branded broker for Homeloans based in Perth, McConville is balancing business across two states, jet-setting between the
east and west coasts each month as he also has clients in Melbourne. Originally from Bendigo, he played AFL through his teenage years and then at age 20 was drafted nationally by Fitzroy (now
Brisbane Lions) and played a year in the reserves. But at 21 he decided to pursue his interests in banking and joined ANZ as a credit analyst. “I started off in credit and then got into wholesale,”
Homeloans and mobile broking A multi-award-winning non-bank lender/brokerage, Homeloans is in its 30th year and has been ASX listed since 2001. Its major shareholders include National Australia Bank and Macquarie Group. Homeloans provides its customers with a one-application process and multiple loan options, and has satellite offices around the country. “I’ve got a hotspot in St Georges Terrace, WA, and also in St Kilda, Melbourne,” says McConville. This gives him a base in each state and access to all the support facilities, and business has never been better for him. “The two years I’ve been doing it, it definitely hasn’t slowed down.”
Changing times McConville says now is a great time to be a broker as he recalls the days in