The MFAA board has inducted a new fellow, recognising an award-winning finance broker for her “experience and significant contribution to the mortgage and finance broking industry”.
One of the founders of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Australia (which later became the MFAA) was honoured last night after being bestowed with MFAA life membership.
Melissa Ashcroft from AAA Mortgages took home the award of Commercial Broker of the Year 2022 at the Women in Finance Awards 2022, recognising her work delighting business clients. We find out more
Melissa Ashcroft is the general manager of AAA Financial Group. Source: Women s Agenda.
She’s just been named as one of the MPA Top 10 Commercial Brokers of 2021, but Melissa Ashcroft is hoping for a very different result in the years to come.
The general manager of AAA Financial Group is the only woman to feature on the list, and the only woman in the past five years to make the cut.
It’s something she says that must change, with all segments of the commercial brokerage industry stepping up to support more women in these roles and address some of the structural biases that are not only preventing women from getting involved, but also contributing to pushing them out.