ANZ MAKES MORTGAGE APPOINTMENTS
GRIFFITHS BACK IN NZ FOR BLUESTONE
Sue Griffiths Sharyn Pask ANZ has appointed two new business development managers this year. Sharyn Pask has been appointed to a new Auckland-based BDM role with the ANZ mortgage adviser distribution team. She had previously been senior business manager for a number of years with the ANZ North Shore team. During her time with ANZ, Pask has established strong relationships with a number of top advisers and has been the recipient of numerous ANZ “top achievers” awards. She brings outstanding sales performance, extensive credit knowledge and relationship management skills to the BDM role. Bridgitte Turner has been appointed to the North Shore and Northland BDM role left vacant after Mike Tunai left to join First Mortgage Trust. Turner has considerable banking experience and has held branch manager roles with both National Bank and ANZ since 2009. Prior to joining the bank, she was a mortgage adviser for 10 years with Mike Pero Mortgages and Mortgages By Design.
LOAN MARKET EXPANDS IN AUCKLAND
Loan Market has grown its team in Auckland. Ammon Acarapi has moved to the branded group from NZFSG and is looking to grow his own Loan Market business in Auckland. He has two advisers going through accreditation at the moment. Laura Mao-Jha has joined Loan Market from ASB Bank. She has an extensive mortgage and insurance background. Shaun Bay has been a mortgage adviser for two years with New Zealand Home Loans. He is based in East Auckland In Wellington, Jo Vivian and Helen Wilks have joined the group.
Sue Griffiths has returned to New Zealand from the Gold Coast to roll out Bluestone Mortgages. Griffiths has accrued more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry on both sides of the Tasman. After 16 years with Westpac, then two years as a broker, she took the opportunity to help build the NZMBA in her role as executive secretary, followed by a stint as a BDM at PLAN NZ (now NZFSG). After the acquisition of PLAN NZ to the Ray White Group, she took the opportunity to work for NAB as credit advice manager in Queensland. This role involved training and supporting mortgage brokers and staff from three aggregation groups, Plan, Fast and Choice, and rolling out new compliance documents and processes required to ensure brokers adhered to the new NCCC legislation. For the last five years, she worked for ALI, providing brokers access to a packaged life insurance product that protected the customers’ home loans. “I am so excited to be rolling out the Bluestone business across New Zealand. Non-bank lending is such a huge growth opportunity that has taken off in Australia and the same will happen here. Being back working with brokers and industry peers that I have known for quite some time is just the icing on the cake.”
THE MORTGAGE SUPPLY CO GROWS
Richard Trounson & Mike Simpson
The Mortgage Supply Co has two new advisers, servicing the North Shore of Auckland. Richard Trounson has 32 years’ experience in the finance industry including financial markets, corporate and investment banking and private wealth management. With a teaching background in economics, he is well versed in providing quality financial solutions and explaining things in a simple and pragmatic way. Mike Simpson, a former police detective, has more than 20 years’ experience in retail, renewable energy and property businesses. He has a strong interest in property and property finance, and is looking forward to helping borrowers find the best deals and right solutions
GONG ADDS TO MORTGAGE EXPRESS STABLE
Ray Gong Ray Gong is the latest adviser to join Mortgage Express. Prior to joining Mortgage Express, he owned and managed his own export business and worked in the mortgage industry for more than two years. He is a property investor and understands how challenging the lending process can be. “As a property investor, I understand that the process and procedure for obtaining lending can be complex. I also know how important it is to work with a good adviser.” Gong will be based in Auckland, is fluent in English and Mandarin, and can assist both local and Chinese clients with residential and commercial lending advice, advice for first-home buyers, and provide help with commercial loans, refinances and credit impaired lending. ✚
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