New national head of sales recruited at Assetline Capital

Mr D'Vaz has extensive experience in the third-party channel, having previously held roles as state director (Western Australia) at Loan Market and national head of sales and marketing at Bluestone.

Speaking of the new appointment, Nick Raphaely, Assetline’s co-founder, said he was “thrilled” to recruit “someone of Mr D’Vaz’s calibre on the executive team driving the distribution and sales strategies”.

“Royden has been a prominent member of the broker industry for over 25 years. He will be instrumental in executing the growth plans of Assetline,” Mr Raphaely concluded.

“He has deep industry connections, considerable energy and unrivalled sector knowledge and experience that is invaluable to Assetline.”

Mr D'Vaz commented: “The opportunity with Assetline is well aligned with my experience in accelerating growth in the non-bank sector, as well as overseeing industry relationships and broker initiatives.

“Enabling brokers help more customers has been a linear focus of mine. I’ve always been enthusiastic and passionate about supporting the broker channel and the value the profession provides.”

He further added that he was “delighted” to work closely with Assetline’s executive team to “help them accelerate the roll-out of the product suite across Australia”.

“I’m also excited to be a part of a business that understands the value and importance of the broker channel to the overall lending landscape and can’t wait to get the new products in front of our brokers to help more customers,” Mr D'Vaz stated.

Assetline has funded over $1.9 billion in property-backed transactions nationwide for SMEs, property investors and SMSFs since 2012.

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