Non-bank mortgage lender MKM has appointed Melanie de Jager as its new nationwide head of gross sales.
De Jager (pictured) has greater than 25 years’ expertise within the monetary providers sector in Australia and the Center East. She joins the non-bank lender in a brand new progress part after its shareholder MA Monetary not too long ago acquired full possession of MKM.
“Melanie brings to MKM a broad and demonstrated background in main multichannel gross sales and repair groups and has executed main enterprise expansions in each Australia and the Center East, primarily in mortgages and associated monetary merchandise within the broking trade,” mentioned MKM chief working officer Russell Nelms.
Nelms describes de Jager as a people-focused chief who constantly strives and delivers enterprise efficiency.
“Her transfer comes because the MKM enterprise enters a brand new progress part in its transition to grow to be a serious participant within the non-bank mortgage market,” he mentioned.
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Nelms mentioned de Jager not solely has a wealth of lending expertise inside Australia and overseas, she additionally has in depth credit score and underwriting expertise together with gross sales administration expertise.
De Jager was head of credit score and enterprise growth supervisor at Westpac in Perth earlier than becoming a member of Commonwealth Financial institution in Sydney.
She then moved to the Center East to begin up the primary mortgage brokerage in Dubai earlier than assuming the duty of senior vice chairman, gross sales and distribution at Mubadala Funding Firm subsidiary, Abu Dhabi Finance.
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“Melanie was instrumental within the growth of the true property, mortgage and SME sectors within the United Arab Emirates publish the GFC and executed the corporate’s total technique to diversify Abu Dhabi’s financial system, accelerating its progress to exceed the UAE authorities’s long-term imaginative and prescient and technique,” Nelms mentioned.
“We sit up for her contribution to the expansion of MKM, which incorporates the upcoming launch of latest merchandise to broaden the vary of options for brokers.”
De Jager mentioned she was delighted to be becoming a member of MKM at such an thrilling time within the firm’s historical past.
“I’m additionally trying ahead to working with and leveraging the potential of the superb staff we’ve got behind us at MA Monetary to place MKM because the lender of selection within the non-bank market,” she mentioned.
