Fintech hires new state manger Qld, NT, and WA

The Sydney-based non-bank finance specialist fintech company FINSTREET Group has added to their sales distribution team with the appointment of Mr Barker, who brings 20 years of experience in the broking community as a senior financial services executive.

Mr Barker’s appointment now takes the FINSTREET sales team to seven, working alongside Ron Galvan (state manager, NSW and ACT); Kim Tran (state manager, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia); and senior business development managers (BDMs) Margie Daep in NSW and ACT; and Nathan Armstrong in Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.

FINSTREET chief executive Boban Jurisic said the new appointee is “recognised as a leader across the mortgage industry, with extensive experience in aggregation as well as guiding large, diverse sales distribution mortgage teams to achieve their full potential”.

“We’re excited to have him working with us supporting the business, and all our partners — brokers, introducers, referrers, borrowers and investors,” Mr Jurisic said.

Mr Jurisic notified that the fintech will be appointing a senior BDM based in Melbourne and a senior BDM based in NSW.

“This rounds out key recent executive team appointments, with Catherine McFarlane as our inaugural group chief operating officer, and Neville Anitelea, as head of marketing,” he added.

On his appointment, Mr Barker said: “I’m passionate about helping our partners and finance specialists achieve real success and accelerated growth, I’m thrilled to be joining a team with a great reputation in the industry.”

MFAA appoints new state manager

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) recently appointed Chad Hoy Poy as its new state manager for Queensland.

Mr Hoy Poy joined the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) with 18 years of finance industry experience across mortgage broking, business development, and management at both aggregators and lenders and worked on the establishment of a non-bank lender.

He previously held roles with REA Group, nMB, Bankwest, Pepper Money, and, most recently, Macquarie Group.

Mr Hoy Poy joined the MFAA’s team of state managers that provides direct on-the-ground state-based expertise to members.

Prior to Mr Hoy Poy’s appointment, Bob Masalkovski and Maree Maditianos joined the association as state managers for NSW/ACT and Victoria/Tasmania in May.

In addition, the MFAA appointed current chief product and digital officer at Service NSW, Katherine McDermott, as a director to the MFAA board.

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Written by Adrian Suljanovic

Last Updated: 23 June 2023

Published: 08 June 2023