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Suncorp Bank has significantly bolstered its broker business, appointing several dedicated state managers as well as a new senior business development manager.
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The bank appointed John Finucane to the role of NSW and ACT state manager, Paul Vogl to the role of Western Australia state leader, Richie Allen as South Australia state leader and Paul Mullens to the role of senior business development manager in NSW.
Suncorp Bank general manager, intermediaries, Steven Heavey said the appointments further strengthened the bank’s commitment to the important broker channel and demonstrated its ongoing investment in growing its lending business nationally.
“Establishing a truly dedicated and highly capable intermediary team has been a priority for us as we continue to expand our business and improve our offering to brokers,” Mr Heavey said.
“We’re extremely pleased to have these high calibre professionals join Suncorp Bank, each of them bringing a wealth of industry knowledge and experience with them.
“In a boost for the strongly growing NSW market, John Finucane joined the team this week. John has more than 30 years’ management and industry experience gained in senior roles across a number of organisations.
“Paul Mullens will support John with his strong local knowledge of the NSW market and solid relationships within the broker industry, gained most recently through his regional manager role with St George Bank.
“In the newly created positions of state leaders for South Australia and Western Australia, Paul Vogl and Richie Allen will take on the dual responsibility of both business development manager as well as leadership activities in these states.
“Both are well respected local industry professionals who bring with them a great deal of relevant, regional knowledge and experience.”
Mr Heavey said the new appointments were a terrific way to end the 2012 calendar year, a year that has delivered a significant number of improvements for Suncorp Bank’s broker partners.
“In addition to establishing a dedicated intermediary team, 2012 broker channel improvement highlights for Suncorp Bank include the introduction of a paperless workflow and imaging capabilities providing scale and improved consistency including market-standard turnaround times, regardless of volume, with current first decisions on applications within one to two days.
“All of the recent investments we’ve made certainly demonstrate our renewed and unwavering commitment to the broker channel.
“We look forward to continuing to simplify and further improve our offering for our broker partners in 2013 and beyond in an effort to ensure Suncorp Bank remains the genuine alternative to the major banks.”
