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The aggregator has said its newly formed national sales team means it can offer brokers support across all states.
Asset finance aggregator Fintelligence has announced a new head of sales and three new hires to spearhead growth across every state.
Heading up the new sales team is Bianca Saccaro, who joined Fintelligence in November 2024.
She brings more than 20 years of sales experience to the Melbourne-based role, most recently as sales director at credit reporting agency Equifax.
Fintelligence said the new sales team created a national support structure designed to provide brokers with dedicated expertise and assistance along with business development managers (BDMs) to service all states.
The aggregator also made three new hires across different regions.
Karen Valenzuela joined Fintelligence in February as BDM for Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Based on the Gold Coast, she has more than 13 years of financial services experience, with prior roles at bridging loan lender Funding, non-bank lender Odin, and aggregator Viking Aggregation.
Gina Lo Grande also started at Fintelligence in February, recruited as a BDM for Western Australia and South Australia.
Based in Perth, Lo Grande brings more than 20 years of financial services experience including more than five years as a finance broker.
She most recently served as a BDM at personal loan provider MoneyPlace.
Fintelligence hired Adrian Papac in January as BDM for Victoria and Tasmania, bringing 10 years’ financial services experience to the Melbourne-based position.
His most recent role was at global leasing specialist Grenke Australia.
The three new hires will work alongside NSW BDM Christine Tsesmelis; national key account manager, Tim Stevenson; and account manager Max Junimann.
The raft of new appointments comes less than four months after Australian Finance Group (AFG) bought the remaining 16.7 per cent stake in Fintelligence to take full ownership of the group.
It has been a transitional recent period for Fintelligence, with AFG appointing Michael McEvoy as its general manager at the end of July 2024.
Commenting on the new sales team, McEvoy said: “Fintelligence has been a huge industry success story since 2019, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to innovation and excellence, knowing our greatest growth is yet to come.
“With broker acquisition more than doubling over the past three years, we are scaling our capabilities to support this rapid expansion.”
Saccaro said: “This new structure ensures our brokers can get the help they need quickly and efficiently.
“Combined with our planned Ambition Cloud technology advances, we are well placed to build upon our existing position as the industry leading asset finance aggregator.”
[Related: AFG now fully owns Fintelligence]
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