Who won at the New Zealand Mortgage Awards?

A crowd of almost 200 people gathered in Auckland on Thursday night to  discover who had been selected as the winners of the 2023 New Zealand Mortgage Awards.

The cocktail event at the Hilton Auckland attracted industry professionals throughout the country. It was the first time mortgage advisers and industry partners were able to gather in person since the awards started in 2021.

There were 64 excellence awardees (finalists) nominated for 11 categories.  At the official awards night, mortgage advisers, business development managers, brokerages and lenders congratulated and celebrated the success of the 11 award winners.

In the adviser awards, the Select Adviser of the Year – Independent and Franchise was won by Eugene Bartsaikin from Twine Financial Advisers. Satyan Mehra from iConsult won Avanti Finance Adviser of the Year – Specialist Lending (pictured above left), while Elyce Peters from The Mortgage Girls (pictured above right) was awarded Adviser of the Year – Regional.

Mehra also won the Commercial Mortgage Adviser award, and Adam Shepherd from Lending Choice won the First Mortgage Trust Young Gun of the Year award.

The Best BDM of the Year (Banks, Non-banks and Aggregators) was won by Ashlene Prasad from Resimac.

For the brokerage awards, the Best Customer Service of an Individual Office award went to Mike Pero Mortgages Wanaka and Queenstown.  The Mike Pero Mortgages Brokerage of the Year – 1 to 5 Staff award was won by iConsult.

The Prospa Brokerage of the Year – 6+ staff award went to The Mortgage Girls. The Bluestone New Brokerage of the Year award was won by joint winners Ascend Financial Services and Sanjeev Jangra from Loan Market.

Avanti Finance won the Best Non-Bank of the Year award.

Organised by Key Media, the New Zealand Mortgage Awards are supported by NZ Adviser.  Bluestone was the event partner and Select the co-event partner.

Leah Panapa hosted the event, and Kiwi musician and songwriter Jarni Blair kept guests entertained as they mingled and networked throughout the evening.

NZ Adviser thanks event partners Bluestone and Select, along with award sponsors Avanti Finance, First Mortgage Trust, Prospa, Mike Pero Mortgages and associate sponsor ASB Bank.

The full list of 2023 New Zealand Mortgage Award winners can be seen below.  You can also view the winners on the New Zealand Mortgage Awards official website.

Adviser awards

Select Adviser of the Year – Independent and Franchise

• Eugene Bartsaikin, Twine Financial Advisers

Avanti Finance Adviser of the Year – Specialist Lending

• Satyan Mehra, iConsult

Adviser of the Year – Regional

• Elyce Peters, The Mortgage Girls

Commercial Mortgage Adviser 

• Satyan Mehra, iConsult

First Mortgage Trust Young Gun of the Year

• Adam Shepherd, Lending Choice

BDM awards

Best BDM of the Year (Banks, Non-Banks And Aggregators)

• Ashlene Prasad, Resimac

Brokerage awards

Best Customer Service of an Individual Office

• Mike Pero Mortgages Wanaka and Queenstown

Mike Pero Mortgages Brokerage of the Year – 1-5 staff

• iConsult

Prospa Brokerage of the Year – 6+ staff

• The Mortgage Girls

Bluestone New Brokerage of the Year

• Ascend Financial Services and Sanjeev Jangra, Loan Market

Lender awards

Best Non-Bank of the Year

• Avanti Finance