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Rob Thomas is set to join PLAN Australia, Choice Aggregation and FAST Group as Queensland’s state director.
With a background in banking and broking for over two decades, including at Homeside and senior leadership roles with AMP Bank, Rob Thomas will provide brokers with new support.
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Welcoming Mr Thomas to the role, which takes effect on 12 December, managing director of PCF Group, Stephen Moore, said he was a proven business leader with a “fantastic industry reputation” and is particularly keen to join us.
“We are committed to supporting brokers throughout Queensland, and Rob’s energy, enthusiasm and breadth of experience will be highly valued from lending through to his time as a broker,” Mr Moore said.
“This announcement follows the successful PD Day in Queensland recently where we saw 290 brokers, lender partners and teams attend — the largest event we have run at a state level.
“Rob says he is looking forward to working with the QLD Partnership Manager team Glenn Humphrey, Wendy Ford and Aaron Duncan as we build out the team and really looking forward to spending time with brokers across the group to support them into the future.”
Mr Thomas said he was excited to extend PCF’s reputation in the state and harness opportunities to drive growth in key regional Queensland areas.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity because PCF in Queensland has real growth potential. The Group’s compliance, keeping the brokers safe, and their technology is the best in the market, as are their people,” he said.
“I’m really looking forward to working with the state’s PCF Group brokers — a bunch of entrepreneurs who are having a red hot crack at business.
“They’ve gone out and backed themselves to have a go and they’ve succeeded. Being around people who want to better themselves and back their abilities is really exciting.”
PCF winds up advice business
Meanwhile, the group had seen the loss of key staff amid the integration of PCF.
Brendan Wright, who spent almost 20 years at NAB and was approaching 10 years as chief executive of FAST, left Loan Market Group in November last year.
Third-party veteran, Rob Ryan, who was head of NSW/ACT and Queensland at FAST, left Loan Market Group in August last year.
Steve Bourne, who had been head of strategic partnerships at PLAN, left the group in January. Both he and Mr Ryan now work at Lending Association.
Former PLAN Australia CEO Anja Pannek has left the group after being appointed MFAA CEO in August.
In addition, Loan Market Group chairman Sam White confirmed that Wealth Market, the broker’s advice business had closed this year, due to challenges running an AFSL in the “current regime”.
[Related: Loan Market exits advice amid trouble PCF integration]
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