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COVER STORY: HOT LIST DAVE BUTLER MORTGAGE BROKER VERICO BUTLER MORTGAGE For Dave Butler, mortgages are a family business; his father and brother are also brokers, and his mother works on the compliance side. When Butler finished university in 2004, he apprenticed under his father for about eight months before setting off to start his own team. In 2012, he and his father and brother started Butler Mortgage. Last year, Butler was number two on CMP’s Top 75 Brokers list, raking in more than $218 million in total volume on 761 loans.
FRANÇOIS DESJARDINS PRESIDENT AND CEO LAURENTIAN BANK Until recently, François Desjardins headed up Laurentian Bank’s B2B Bank subsidiary before becoming president and CEO of Laurentian Bank itself in November 2015. He began his career at the bank in 1991, working in various capacities in operations before moving into the ranks of management in 1999. In 2004, Desjardins was appointed as president and CEO of B2B Bank, and he became executive vice president and a member of the management committee at Laurentian Bank in 2006. In 2010, he was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.
KERRI REED VICE PRESIDENT AND OWNER VERICO PREMIERE MORTGAGE CENTRE As vice president, Kerri Reed led the way for Verico Premiere Mortgage Centre’s Ontario location to achieve more than $400 million in annual funding. Reed also believes in giving back to the community; she has participated in Habitat for Humanity with a team of mortgage brokers. In October, Reed received Mortgage Professionals Canada’s Mentor of the Year Award, given annually to a mortgage professional who has inspired others with exceptional qualities and competency.
GARY MAURIS PRESIDENT DOMINION LENDING CENTRES Gary Mauris has played a central role in creating three national companies from the ground up. Currently the president of Dominion Lending Centres, Mauris has helped build the company into one of Canada’s top brokerages. Under Mauris’ leadership, DLC recently acquired Mortgage Architects – a deal that makes DLC the largest originator of mortgages in the country. A finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Mauris also has been recognized with the CMA National Broker Network of the Year Award.
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EDDY COCCIOLLO PRESIDENT MORTGAGE CENTRE CANADA Eddy Cocciollo took the reins at Mortgage Centre Canada in 2009. He leads one of Canada’s most established mortgage broker networks, working with more than 100 franchises and more than 1,200 professional mortgage agents across the country. Under his leadership, Mortgage Centre Canada was among CMP’s 2015 Superbrokers and a finalist for the 2015 CMA National Broker Network of the Year Award. Prior to joining Mortgage Centre Canada, Cocciollo served as vice president of national sales for CIBC Mortgages and as regional vice president of sales for GE Money.
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