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After 24 years at the company and 21 years as Queensland and northern NSW state manager, Beccy Ras has announced she will retire from her role next year.
Aggregator Australian Finance Group (AFG) has announced that Beccy Ras, the long-term state manager for Queensland and northern NSW, will retire from her role after almost 24 years at the company.
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Ms Ras first joined AFG in January 2000, after several years working at financial companies in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
She initially joined as national accounts manager before becoming AFG’s Queensland state manager in 2002, eventually taking on responsibility for brokers in northern NSW, too.
However, after 24 years of service, Ms Ras has decided to retire from her position.
Her retirement will take effect from the first quarter of 2024.
Commenting on her decision to retire, Ms Ras said AFG was in a “strong, market-leading position” in her area and the time was right for her personally to pursue retirement.
She commented: “I have had an amazing career with AFG, watching the company evolve from a small business navigating through the emerging mortgage broking world to the dynamic company it is today.
“I’ll certainly miss the wonderful AFG Queensland team and the brokers whose journeys I’ve shared along the way. I am now very much looking forward to enjoying the next chapter with my lovely husband and family.”
‘A key driver in helping build many robust and successful mortgage businesses across Queensland’
AFG’s head of sales and distribution, Chris Slater, paid tribute to Ms Ras’s “significant contribution” to the company and her support of AFG brokers in the state.
“Beccy been fundamental to the success of AFG in Queensland and Northern NSW,” he said.
“Her leadership and advocacy on behalf of her members has been a key driver in helping build many robust and successful mortgage businesses across Queensland and northern NSW,” Mr Slater continued.
AFG flagged that Ms Ras had been instrumental in the growth of its membership base in the Sunshine State, noting she was responsible for recruitment, growth and retention of AFG members across Australia’s second-largest state.
Mr Slater said that her “passion for the industry and her knowledge of the market has been an invaluable asset to AFG”.
“On behalf of all of her friends and colleagues at AFG, I would like to thank Beccy for her commitment and hard work and wish her well in her retirement,” he said.
“We will all miss Beccy’s professionalism, commitment to her team and our members, and her sense of fun. She has been an absolute pleasure to work alongside for so many years.”
AFG has said that it will be working to recruit a replacement state manager over the next few months.
Mr Slater commented: “We are looking for a highly capable, results-driven people leader to join the team in Queensland. The role has autonomy, a strong sales management focus and we are looking for someone who is solution-focused at all times,” he said.
“The role is dynamic, challenging and highly rewarding with a focus on the support of our members at the core of the role.”
He concluded: “Beccy’s retirement will take effect early next year so she will be making sure she can say a proper farewell to AFG’s Queensland brokers before she leaves.”
[Related: AFG adds HSBC Australia to its lending panel]
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