With a judging panel including academics, business executives, entrepreneurs and innovators, the Commercial Finance Awards is peer-reviewed recognition of your capabilities in the commercial finance sector and passion for driving the industry forward.
Sinthya is a Financial Accountant at BOC South Pacific (Linde), where she leads and manages the end-to-end financial complexities for the South Pacific islands. “The numbers don’t rule, they can inform, but it’s all about us as accountants inside companies having the deep understanding and skills to look at the past and present to help predict and shape the future.”
She is passionate, and a high calibre professional, recently got featured in “ Integrated Report FY23 of CPA Australia”, and was drawn to accounting as a profession, because it gives wider business exposures. She further leads multiple projects, protecting and serving the public interest by ensuring that investors and other stakeholders have materially accurate financial statements and other reliable information on which to base decisions.
Additionally, Sinthya is an Adjudicator for Australasian Reporting Awards, also as a Judge for Accountants Daily, Accounting Reporting Awards assessing annual reports using widely distributing criteria based on world best practices, and recognition of good reporting practices.
I am the founder of The Dubs - the digital marketing and media agency for the finance sector globally.
My job is to oversee the agency's offices in London, Singapore and Sydney with an eye to further expansion.
I love being involved in our clients' strategies and make sure I find time to provide input and advice in this evolving process with them.
I'm also the publisher of our industry publication The Financial Marketer, which delivers the latest trends and leading insights on the issues facing marketers, comms teams and executives in the banking and finance world.
I make time each year to participate as a judge in industry awards as I believe it's important to contribute and am privileged to observe first-hand the best that's being developed by the industry.
I’ve specialised in commercial finance since the age of 19, working with
Then became a commercial finance broker specialising in cashflow and equipment.
Sascha Moore is a marketing specialist, who focuses on providing highly strategic, creative solutions – predominantly to the financial services and legal industries. Sascha has extensive experience in Australia and the United States with developing effective integrated marketing programs, and directing their implementation. She is now the Director of Create Design & Marketing, a boutique marketing communications agency that fuses solid strategy and powerful designs that directly resonates with a clients’ end markets. This approach creates a true connection: and connection drives results, deepens brand equity and furthers relationships. In addition to her professional obligations, Sascha is actively committed to educating brokers on how to enhance their business through incorporating smart marketing practices.
Dr Rahat Munir is a Professor, Head of Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University. With extensive experience in all forms of academic endeavours - research, teaching and engagement, Professor Munir offer an unbeatable track-record of excellence in curriculum development, research leadership, change management, building teams, effective human resource and financial management. He has published in leading international journals as well as presented at international conferences and seminars in many parts of the world. He is affiliated with several professional bodies. Professor Rahat Munir is actively involved in learning & teaching and research activities and brings a host of administrative and service experience across a wide range of contexts. Professor Munir has earned numerous national and international level research and teaching awards during his career.
John’s extensive experience includes executive manager roles in banking for over 25 years. Focusing on the SME sector and with a thorough understanding of the borrowing process, he has helped brokers to obtain access to capital their clients need for growth. John is well known for delivering powerful workshops, breaking down the intricacies of business financials into simple concepts and language.
Brett is a second-generation mortgage stalwart, having been actively involved in the Mortgage & Finance industry for over 30 years after starting his career working at the family-owned lender Interstar (now Advantedge). He then went onto to run the Stargate Group where he pioneered outsourced mortgage processing services by creating the first BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) operation for Mortgage Brokers and was instrumental in introducing the first Mortgage Broker CRM Systems in the early 2000’s, used by over 5000 mortgage brokers prior to its acquisition by then ASX listed Rubik Financial Limited (RFL).
Brett set about using AI to build supportive systems for mortgage participants, building the first Responsible Lending platform at Opica Group, and now as founder & CEO of Docuscan Australia he is building industry leading platforms for Brokers, Lenders and Mortgage Professionals using his vast experience in the latest AI technologies to Eliminate Data Entry using Drag & Drop Data Capture and Document Fraud Detection solutions to facilitate digital customer acquisitions.
Brett also serves on the Board of an advisory services firm, a responsible lending technology firm, a new to market fintech lender specialising in loans to Australia’s front-line responders and has been an investor and advisor to lenders, aggregators and regulators in Australia and abroad.
