The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) has announced the appointment of a new board member and commendations for a number of industry participants following its recent AGM.

Former QLD state president Christine Green has joined the board, increasing its female representation, a move hailed by FBAA managing director Peter White AM.

“Christine is a skilled business development manager, coach and mentor, and she is a passionate advocate for finance brokers and diversity in the industry,” he said.

Ms Green has more than 20 years banking and finance experience and is currently business development manager (business capital) at Liberty Financial.

Mr White said the FBAA has worked to engage more women across the industry for many years and will continue to do so. 

Steve Rasmussen was re-elected for another term on the board, joining the seven other members who were not up for re-election.

The FBAA also honoured those who have gone above and beyond over the past year, and issued commendations to Madeleine Dart from Outsource Financial, Peter Ellis from Finance Broker Mento, past state presidents Trent Carter (WA), Joff O’Shanessy (SA), Nick Wormald (NSW) and Christine Green (QLD), and a number of FBAA staff members.

The AGM also saw several Board appointed Fellow members including Sam White of LoanMarket Group, Dien Le of Finance & Coffee, Krystal Camilleri of Jellyfish Marketing and Jayden Vecchio of Hunter Galloway Finance Pty Ltd.

Mr White applauded all those who, “helped make 2022 such an outstanding year” and said that the industry as a whole can be proud of the year that was.

“From the FBAA’s perspective 2022 saw all-time record membership numbers and member satisfaction higher than ever before.”

“We exist for our members, to champion them, to help them thrive, and to work closely with governments, regulators and other stakeholders to create the best environment for them to build successful businesses.

“Through the efforts of our team and our members, we have also scored some great goals for the entire industry.

Those who attended the conference heard the assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones say that the FBAA’s constant dialogue and advocacy was the catalyst for positive change, and we will do it all again in 2023.”