Winning an LMG Award means more than just a moment on stage. It’s a career milestone, a mark of trust from your peers, and a reflection of the impact you’ve made on clients and the industry.
Celebrating the outstanding
Tuesday 3 March, 2026, 6.30pm • Crown Palladium, Melbourne
Every year, the LMG Awards spotlights the brokers, businesses, brokers and lenders who set the standard for our industry.
Recognising leadership, innovation and client service excellence
The LMG Awards are our night to celebrate the very best across our network - the brokers, businesses, and lenders whose hard work, bold ideas, and commitment to their clients set the benchmark for our entire industry.
Held as part of the Growth Summit conference, this national gala brings together our community from across Australia for an unforgettable evening of recognition, connection, and celebration.
2026 LMG Awards Finalists
Congratulations to our finalists for the 2026 LMG Awards
Residential Broker of the Year - Top 25
Winner: Michael Xia - Mortgage Channel (NSW)
Ari Bernstein - Intelligent Finance (NSW)
Balpreet Bal - Balpreet Bal & Associates (WA)
Bradley Durtanovich - MoneyQuest Australia (WA)
Christopher Remaili - Remify (NSW)
Colin Mason - Invest Blue + Mason Finance Group (QLD)
Daniel Zarkovic - Loan Market Narellan (NSW)
Dean Papas - Lending Association (NSW)
Jason Cuerel - Mortgage Innovations (QLD)
Jiyun Tang - AUSUN Finance (VIC)
Jonathan Doan - Lending Association (NSW)
Kamlesh Batra - Just Right Loans (NSW)
Lenard Hermiz - Loan Market Lencorp (NSW)
Luke Harborne - IFA Mortgages & Finance (NSW)
Michael Killiner - Tusk Finance (WA)
Parth Shah - Jabsons Finance (VIC)
Paul Hixon - Loan Market New Farm (QLD)
Peter Savage - Savage Money (SA)
Richard Khuong - Simple Easy Finance (NSW)
Sandip Nagadiya - Centrum Finance Solutions (NSW)
Scott Marshall - Loan Arranger (SA)
Shaun Bettman - Principal Mortgages (NSW)
Shibu Paulose - Ideal Loanz (SA)
Toby Edmunds - Loan Market Razor (VIC)
Vishal Gupta - Unique Finance Services (NSW)
Best New Broker of the Year
Winners: Maddie Walton - Money Lounge (QLD)
Janaka Dissanayake - Loan Market (VIC)
Adem Yildirim - The Loan Company (WA)
Alex Yenco - The Brokerage (NSW)
Ankit Adhikari - Loan Solutions Pty Ltd (SA)
Codie Richter - Loan Market (QLD)
Daniel Pertot - Pertot & Co Mortgage Brokers (QLD)
Paul Kyriacou - IFA Mortgages & Finance (NSW)
Samantha Walker - Up Loans (TAS)
Tony Nguyen - Loan Market Glenelg (SA)
Community Ambassador of the Year
Winner: Chris Christofi - Reventon (VIC)
Alexis Halsted - Citrus Finance (WA)
Ben Wardley - The Brokerage (QLD)
Dan Brown - Loan Market Dan Brown (QLD)
Dave Picca - Alexander Financial Group (SA)
Elizabeth Zaki - OneSite Finance (NSW)
Evelyn Clark - Everlend (VIC)
Harry Green - Low Rate Home Loans (SA)
Mark Winter - Loan Market Greater Springfield (QLD)
Nitish Kumar - Loan Market Canberra (ACT)
Leader of the Year
Winner: Michael Tait - HT Capital (SA)
Brenden Lowbridge - Money Links (NSW)
Carrie Twine - Up Loans (TAS)
Christopher Jonson - My Finance Agent (NSW)
Deven Patel - Synergy Loans (SA)
Elie Ayoub - Invictus Finance Solutions (VIC)
Grant Rheuben - Loan Market Rheuben and Associates (VIC)
Joshua Corley - The Brokerage (QLD)
Melissa Wright - Zest Mortgage Solutions (QLD)
Paul Hixon - Loan Market New Farm (QLD)
Operations Manager of the Year
Winner: Kellan Elder - IFA Mortgages & Finance (NSW/ACT)
Ashton Young - The Loan Company (WA)
Dexter Loughry - Jabsons Finance (VIC/TAS)
Emil Tayoun - Intelligent Finance (NSW/ACT)
Emma Gorey - Entourage (VIC/TAS)
Michelle Heywood - Loan Market Edge (QLD)
Rosie Ng - Centrone Finance (SA/NT)
Tania Richardson - Loan Market Ellenbrook (WA)
Tara Bower - Elders Finance (SA/NT)
Taylor Underwood - HT Capital (SA/NT)
Literacy Advocate of the Year
Winner: Scott Baker - Toast Finance (VIC)
Amol Agrawal - Juice Finance (WA)
Brenden Lowbridge - Money Links (NSW)
Colin O'Loughlin - Arch Brokerage (QLD)
David Thomas - Trilogy Funding (ACT)
Dominic Trimboli - Refinancer (SA)
Kiran Sood - Deals4Loans (VIC)
Peter Savage - Savage Money (SA)
Phil Rogers - Loan Market Edge (QLD)
Rahul Rangwani - Finmatters (NSW)
Young Business Owner of the Year
Winner: Andy Andrews - Capital One Financial Services (SA)
Ashleigh Wight - Diversifi (WA)
Connor Summers - Loan Market Neo (QLD)
Dean Spanos - Rate Group (VIC)
Evelyn Clark - Everlend (VIC)
James Jabbour - Uphoria Financial (NSW)
Joey Delis - Loan Market Glenelg (SA)
Luke Harborne - IFA Mortgages & Finance (NSW)
Nicole Fox - Fox & Co Finance (NSW)
Rob Flynn - Vorteil Financial Group (WA)
Steven Flint - Huddle Finance (TAS)
Asset Finance Broker of the Year
Winner: Jason Smyth - Smyth Financial (QLD)
Alan Walker - Loan Market Alan Walker (VIC)
Angus Askew - Magnolia Lane Financial Services (NSW)
Manuel Manias - Yarra Finance (VIC)
Matthew Atkin - Atlas Broker (VIC)
Stephen Heath - Westminster National (WA)
Will Hamer - Hamer Asset Finance (VIC)
Commercial Broker Business of the Year
Winner: Stamford Capital Australia (NSW)
Alpha One Advisory (NSW)
ALLFIN (VIC)
Elders Home Loans (SA)
Green Finance Group (QLD)
HT Capital (SA)
HTL Capital (NSW)
Simplicity Loans and Advisory (NSW)
The Brokerage Commercial (QLD)
Universal Finance Corporation (NSW)
Residential Brokerage Group - <5 Brokers
Winner: Mortgage Channel (NSW)
Blue Crane Capital (NSW)
Loan Market Bal & Associates (WA)
Loan Market Geelong City (VIC)
Loan Market Payneham (SA)
Residential Brokerage Group - 5 to 10 Brokers
Winner: Loan Market New Farm (QLD)
Loan Market Canberra (ACT)
Loan Market Ignite (QLD)
Loan Studio Group (VIC)
Refinancer Loans (SA)
Residential Brokerage Group - 10> Brokers
Winner: Lending Association (NSW)
Avant Doctors' Finance Brokers Pty Ltd (NSW)
AUSUN Finance (VIC)
Green Finance Group (QLD)
Invest Blue + MFG (QLD)
Client Service Manager of the Year
NSW/ACT
Winner: Shane Mott - Loan Market Richmond
Beth Brouggy - Nectar Mortgages North Shore
Dipin Timsina - Sage Home Loans
Irene Gavriel - Mortgage Navigators
Isaac Theobold - My Finance Agent Bathurst
QLD
Winner: Karen Crosbie - Loan Market LMS
Ashleigh Russell - Zest Mortgages
Bree Bell - Loan Market Codie Richter
Hudson McGown - The Brokerage
Keaton Williams - Loan Market New Farm
SA/NT
Winner: Adam Brown - Loan Market Payneham
Corey Lyons - Finestream
Isabelle Paul - McLean Home Loans
Karan Davda - Synergy Loans
Pallav Bhatt - Loans Combined
VIC/TAS
Winners: Stella Carson - Loan Market Razor & Eliza Smart - Up Loans
Kristel Ongoco - Entourage Finance
Nicholas Birrel - 40 Forty Finance
Sonal Rajani - Jabsons Finance
WA
Winner: Susan Tippett - The Loan Company
Deborah Duhig - Loan Market Jarrad Straight
Donatella Widjaja - Loan Market James Bartlett
Lily Zhu - Loan Market Lihong Shi
Maddie Prince - Loan Market Christine Dunkerton
Country Business of the Year
Winner: Gippsland Finance Solutions (VIC)
Juice Finance (WA)
Up Loans (TAS)
Loan Market Pinnacle (QLD)
Loan Market Christine Dunkerton (WA)
Priority Home Loans Tamworth (NSW)
Flair Finance (NSW)
Loan Market Ruth Crampton (NSW)
Loan Market Link (SA)
Loan Market Mount Gambier (SA)
Diversified Business of the Year
Winner: Westminster National Pty Ltd (WA)
Entourage (VIC)
MCP Finance (VIC)
The Brokerage (QLD, NSW)
Finestream (SA)
HT Capital (SA)
Pave Financial Solutions (QLD)
Podium Money (VIC)
Purely Finance (WA)
Nectar Mortgages (NSW)
Enterprise Partner of the Year
Winner: Money Quest Group (Nationwide)
National Lending Group (Nationwide)
Elders Finance (Nationwide)
Nectar Mortgages (Nationwide)
Regional Business of the Year
Winner: Loan Market Edge (QLD)
Preferred Finance (SA)
Money Links (NSW)
Greco Finance Co (SA)
Arch Brokerage (QLD)
Spotter Finance (WA)
M Group Lending (VIC)
Entourage Mornington (VIC)
Asset Finance Brokerage of the Year
Winner: Magnolia Lane Financial Services (NSW)
Atlas Broker (VIC)
eCarz Finance (QLD)
Ortus Financial (VIC)
Hamer Asset Finance (VIC)
Smyth Financial (QLD)
Westminster National (WA)
Yarra Finance (VIC)
Top 10 Commercial Brokers
Winner: Ricardo Woelms - HTL Capital (NSW)
Benjamin Upton - Alpha One Advisory (NSW)
Daniel Green - Green Finance Group (QLD)
Domenic Lo Surdo - Stamford Capital Australia (NSW)
Guy Smith - BMG Financial (NSW)
Jess Milne - Nivcorp (QLD)
Joshua Diab - Simplicity Loans and Advisory (NSW)
Matthew Paterson - Partnership Finance Group (NSW)
Mark Churchill - ALLFIN Brokering Services (VIC)
William Moskovich - Stamford Capital Australia (NSW)
Customer Choice Award
Winner: Adam D'Aloia - Loan Market Payneham (SA)
Amol Agrawal - Juice Finance (WA)
Kiran Sood - Deals4Loans (VIC)
Kris Faife - Loan Market Rowville (VIC)
Vanessa Mcnamara - Loan Market Edge (QLD)
Lender BDM of the Year (Residential)
Winner: Avi Raju - Suncorp Bank (VIC)
Alex Malamacci - Ubank (VIC)
Anthony Gravina - NAB (VIC)
Josie Jones - Macquarie (QLD)
Noreen Crasto Dmello - Bankwest (NSW)
Lender BDM of the Year (Commercial)
Winner: Christie Bischoff - Prime Capital (QLD)
Brendan Tink - CBA (NSW/ACT)
Mark Kerin - CBA (SA/NT)
Mark Thompson - NAB (WA)
Mo Arafat - Prime Capital (VIC/TAS)
Lender BDM of the Year (Asset)
Winner: Jaime Aplin - Prospa (SA)
George Patounas - Pepper (QLD)
Jenny Whelan - Westpac (WA)
Jess Stevens - Selfco (NSW)
Pete Birrell - Prospa (VIC)
Lender of the Year
Winner: Macquarie
ANZ
Bankwest
Ubank
Award Categories
Know someone who’s going above and beyond? A leader, innovator, or community builder who deserves the spotlight?
Nominate them, or yourself, and give credit where it’s due.
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Highest NPS from clients, based on all scores received and weighted by total responses.
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Peer-nominated
An individual or team making a big impact in one or more LMG communities (Best Interest Mates, Leading Ladies, Asset Finance, Commercial Circle, Finclude, Client Service Managers and Young Business Owners).
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Peer-nominated
Lifts financial literacy for clients and the community, making money matters simple and empowering.
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Peer-nominated
Less than two years in the industry (as of 30 June 2025) and already delivering exceptional client results backed by glowing testimonials.
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Peer-nominated
A business owner or manager who builds, mentors, and retains top talent, driving team success and outstanding results.
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Peer-nominated
The top asset finance BDM, as voted by brokers.
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Peer-nominated
The top commercial finance BDM, as voted by brokers.
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Peer-nominated
The top residential finance BDM, as voted by brokers.
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Peer-nominated
Top lender, as voted by brokers.
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Data-based
Exceptional performance in asset finance, outstanding service, deep lender knowledge, and client outcomes at scale.
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Data-based
An asset finance brokerage excelling in service, innovation, client relationships, and market impact.
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Data-based
Top 10 individual commercial brokers by total settled value in FY25.
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Data-based
Highest settled commercial loan value in FY25.
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Data-based
An experienced loan processor, credit analyst, or CSM who consistently delivers high-quality, client-first service.
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Peer-nominated
Drives operational efficiency, systems, and solutions that support brokers, CSMs, and clients.
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Peer-nominated
Under 35 and leading a thriving business, with strong growth and peer and client respect.
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Peer-nominated
A non-metro business (located in a population of less than 250,000) delivering standout client results, team culture, and community impact.
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Peer-nominated
A non-metro business (located within a population of less than 100,000) delivering standout client results, team culture, and community impact.
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Peer-nominated
An enterprise partner delivering the most impactful broker programs, driving deal volume, services per client, and overall growth.
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Data-based
Top residential broker by customers helped.
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Data-based
Top residential brokerage by customers helped – max 5 staff.
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Data-based
Top residential brokerage by customers helped – max 10 staff.
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Data based
Top residential brokerage by customers helped – more than 10 staff.
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Peer-nominated
A business excelling across multiple services: resi, commercial, asset, and ancillary services.
How it works
Nominations now closed
Anyone in the LMG network can nominate – yourself, a colleague, or another business. Show us your wins, results, and impact from the past 12 months, matched to the category criteria.
Nominations must be submitted via the online form by Friday 28 November 2025.
Late entries won’t be accepted.
1. Nominations
Anyone in the LMG network can submit for the peer-nominated awards - yourself, a colleague or another business.
Once they open on 15 October, all nominations must be made before the deadline on 3 December.
2. Review & shortlist
Our awards team reviews all eligible nominations and identifies the standout performers in each category. This is where we create the finalist shortlist.
3. Finalists announced
Peer-nominated award finalists will be announced on 17 December.
We’ll email finalists directly and share the full list across the network so everyone can celebrate.
4. Judging
An independent judging panel scores each finalist against the criteria. The highest scorer in each category takes home the award.
Awards Night
Winners revealed live at the LMG Awards Gala on 3 March during Growth Summit 2026.
Timeline from nominate to winner
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