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Brokerage Loan Market has announced the appointment of its new Queensland state director.
Loan Market has welcomed Ross Hardcastle as the brokerage’s new Queensland state director. Mr Hardcastle’s appointment is expected to help Loan Market expand its growth strategy across the state.
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As its new state director, Mr Hardcastle will be responsible for utilising decades of experience in business leadership and technology advancement to further support Loan Market’s businesses, along with other brokerages within the LMG Partner service plan.
His experience ranges from managing and building franchise networks with Mortgage Choice, along with leading the digitisation as chief innovation and technology officer of national strata management specialist SSKB.
Mr Hardcastle is set to commence with his new role on Wednesday, 7 February.
Andrew Thompson, Loan Market’s national director, stated that Mr Hardcastle’s experience “complemented the aggregator’s growth aspirations and would resonate with business owners”.
“Ross has partnered with businesses in state-leadership roles to achieve their growth aspirations, increasing their annual settlements, diversifying income streams and enhancing their productivity,” Mr Thompson said.
“Ross was most recently Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at SSKB, responsible for tech-led solutions that transformed the user experience of customers.
“These achievements perfectly align with our commitment to brokers, with award-winning MyCRM setting the benchmark in saving brokers time and keeping them stay safe in their growth journeys.”
He added that Queensland was a critical market as the state booms from post-COVID-19 population growth and infrastructure in support of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Hardcastle said he was excited to join Loan Market’s “family-owned culture and leverage its tech to grow businesses”.
“I fell in love with mortgage aggregation a long time ago – providing businesses with systems and support to help them achieve sustainable success,” said Mr Hardcastle.
“Any company nowadays is a technology company: you need systems to deliver efficiencies and customers – and it needs to be easy to stay compliant and grab opportunities.
“Loan Market and LMG are setting the pace in tech enablement across the industry. The recent partnership with Equifax, among others, and the commitment to innovation excites me the most as they open new avenues for us to empower brokers and support their business success.”
This appointment came as AFG also announced the appointment of Margie Cannizzo as its new state manager for Queensland and northern NSW.
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