Board profiles

Kerri Buurman

Chair since 2022; Director since 2021 (Elected)

Kerri is a West Australian based finance broker and founder of Buurman Finance Solutions and Perth Property Hub.

Kerri has more than 25 years' experience in the finance industry starting her career at Westpac before becoming a finance broker 2006.

Kerri brings her experience as a board member for community organisations and was the President of the MFAA Perth Member Forum.

As an MFAA Director, Kerri is a member of the Nominations, Remuneratio...

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Caroline Jean-Baptiste

Deputy Chair since 2022; Director since 2019 (Elected)

Caroline is the General Manager and owner of Mortgage Choice in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane with more than 18 years’ experience in the industry.

Caroline was Franchisee Chair of the Mortgage Choice Franchisee Advisory Council (FAC), has been a Committee member of the Mortgage Choice National Marketing Committee, Marketing Think Tank and currently chairs the Queensland Mortgage Choice Charity Committee.

As an MFAA Director, Caroline is Chair of ...

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Mark Hewitt

Director since 2022 (Appointed)

Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to the MFAA Board with 40 years’ experience in financial services. He is a member of the Executive Team at aggregator Australian Finance Group (AFG) which he joined in 2006 as General Manager Broker & Residential and is currently AFG’s General Manager Industry & Partnership Development.

Prior to joining AFG, Mark spent 20 years with ANZ including four years in ANZ’s third-party distributi...

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Vladimír Malčík

Director since 2017 (Appointed)

Vladimír is an experienced director, chief financial officer and company secretary with broad background in finance, accounting and company secretarial practice in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

He brings important skills to the MFAA Board, including: corporate planning, strategy formulation and implementation, mergers, acquisitions, privatisations, company performance improvements and restructuring.

As an MFAA Director, Vladimír...

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Marissa Schulze

Director since 2021 (Elected)

Marissa is a multi-award winning mortgage broker with over 10 years’ experience.

She is the founder and Managing Director of Rise High Financial Solutions in South Australia and previously worked in commercial banking.

Marissa has prior governance experience gained through positions on various volunteer boards and was a member of the MFAA Community Panel.

As an MFAA Director, Marissa is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Marissa...

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Peter Clark

Director since 2022 (Elected)

Peter is a broker, business coach and mentor. He is Principal at Beckmitch Consulting.

Peter has over 20 years’ experience in the mortgage and finance industry and was a member of the Combined Industry Forum. He has led teams in mortgage broking franchises, and both consumer and business banking.

As an MFAA Director, Peter is a member of the Nominations, Remuneration and Governance Committee.

Peter holds a Diploma in Finance Broking and Manage...

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Rob McFadden

Director since 2022 (Elected)

Rob is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hypothèque in New South Wales.

He has over 30 years’ experience in the finance industry, including customer service and human resources for a major bank, and became a mortgage broker in 2004.

Rob has also held senior leadership positions in the Australian Air Force Cadets and is an active member of Business Networking International, having held positions of Chapter President, Vice President, Educati...

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Katherine McDermott

Director since 2023 (Appointed)

Katherine is an accomplished executive with experience in digital innovation, governance of emerging technology, privacy, technology and government relations. She brings important technical domain expertise to the MFAA Board.

Katherine currently partners with all NSW Government agencies leading all customer and business-facing digital services for Service NSW. In this capacity, Katherine has led numerous successful customer-centred services inc...

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