The MFAA has created a brand new place on its government staff which is able to give attention to supporting members and creating business partnerships.
Becoming a member of the organisation from September 18, Melanie Kafka (pictured above left) can be taking over the function of government, member expertise and partnerships.
Kafka has in depth business expertise inside mortgage and finance broking and monetary companies and has labored at each aggregation teams corresponding to PLAN Australia and lenders together with NAB and MyState Financial institution.
MFAA CEO Anja Pannek (pictured above proper) stated the brand new function was created because the organisation sought to constantly enhance all elements of the member expertise.
“I’m wanting ahead to Melanie becoming a member of the MFAA staff. She has a deep understanding of us business and the challenges and alternatives our members encounter and is captivated with driving optimistic change,” Pannek stated.
The MFAA stated Kafka is a “extremely expert”, senior monetary companies government and a revered member of the mortgage and finance broking neighborhood for greater than 25 years.
“She is recognised as a pacesetter throughout the third-party broking business, with in depth expertise each in aggregation and lending and main each small and huge gross sales distribution mortgage groups,” the affiliation stated.
In her new function, Kafka can be answerable for driving the strategic course and implementation of business partnerships and enhancing the general expertise for MFAA members, in addition to managing the MFAA’s staff of state managers – enterprise growth.
Talking about becoming a member of the MFAA, Kafka stated she was each “excited and humbled” by the prospect of her new function and having the ability to work with the important thing affiliation for the mortgage and finance broking business.
“This chance brings collectively many many years of expertise and I’m very a lot wanting ahead to working with our members to reinforce how their Affiliation helps them into the long run,” stated Kafka.
“My focus can be additionally to listen to instantly from our members – it is just by way of suggestions we will guarantee we put our consideration the place it’s wanted.”
The MFAA represents over 14,500 members and is designed to raise the mortgage and finance broking career, driving innovation and optimistic monetary outcomes for Australians.
After appointing Pannek final yr, the affiliation has undergone numerous modifications corresponding to appointing new members to its board.
Since then, the MFAA has helped brokers in a lot of methods, together with providing sources to members and advocating on a wide range of coverage selections.