2024 Winners and Excellence Awardees
Thursday May 1, 2025 | Toronto Congress Center Register Now
Award Categories
The Scarlett Network Award for Digital Innovation in a Brokerage
Lender BDM of the Year (Alternative Lending)
Broker of the Year – Commercial
Lender BDM of the Year (Private Lending)
The Canadian Mortgages Inc. Award for Broker of the Year – Private Lending
Lender BDM of the Year (Prime)
Industry Service Provider of the Year
The MCAN Award for New Brokerage of the Year
The Haventree Bank Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Mortgage Industry
Lender Underwriter of the Year (Alternative Lending)
The Community Trust Award for Alternative Broker Specialist of the Year
Lender Underwriter of the Year (Private Lending)
The Home Trust Award for Woman of Distinction
Lender Underwriter of the Year (Prime)
The Centum Financial Award for Young Achiever of the Year
Mortgage Industry Employer of Choice
The RFA Award for Excellence In Philanthropy & Community Service
Broker of the Year (Regional – AB)
Broker of the Year (Regional – Atlantic)
The MortgageClosingCentres.ca LLP Award for Broker of the Year (Regional – ON)
Broker of the Year (Regional – BC)
Broker of the Year (Regional – Prairies)
Broker of the Year (Regional – QC)
Brokerage of the Year (Fewer than 25 Employees)
The CWB Optimum Mortgage Award for Brokerage of the Year (25 Employees or More)
The Equitable Bank Award for Canadian Broker of the Year
National Brokerage of The Year
National Broker Network of the Year
THE SCARLETT NETWORK AWARD FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION IN A BROKERAGE
Winner: 8Twelve Mortgage

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
BRX Mortgage
Citadel Mortgages
Homewise Solutions
Pineapple Financial
Ratehub.ca
Syndicate Lending Corporation
Tango Financial
LENDER BDM OF THE YEAR (ALTERNATIVE LENDING)
Winner: Isabel Eydlin – First National Excalibur

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Brian Tamayo – RFA Mortgage Corporation
Cam DelliPizzi – MCAN home
Dario Carpino Jr. – RFA Mortgage Corporation
Francis Massie – Community Trust
Kelly Faria – Home Trust
Matthew Sheriff – CWB Optimum Mortgage
Nitin Grover – Merix-NPX
Ryan White – MCAN
Suzy Fernandes-Arruda – HomeEquity Bank
Tom Taylor – CWB Optimum Mortgage
BROKER OF THE YEAR – COMMERCIAL
Winner: Michel Durand – MCommercial

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Ahmed Hatata – Green Mortgage Solutions
Inam Qureshi – Syndicate Lending Corporation
Jacinthe Baril – Planiprêt
Jonathan Gagnon – Orbis Mortgage Group
Michael Chiu – Capital West Mortgage
Nadeem Keshavjee – GreenBirch Capital Inc
Peter Quinn – Multi-Prets Hypothèques
Vanessa Thomas – HALO Advisory | TMG Black Capital
Vic Cotton – Avenue Financial
LENDER BDM OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE LENDING)
Winner: Amanda Carnevale – Canadian Mortgages Inc.

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Arlen Ekstein – Tembo Financial
Harj Sohi – Canadian Mortgages Inc.
Jayson Zilkie – Shelter Lending
Jerry Wieliczko – Hosper Mortgage Investment Corporation
Justin Theriault – Westboro Mortgage Investment Corp.
Kyle Williams – First Circle Financial
Reaza Ali – Fisgard Asset Management Corporation
Ryan Joseph – Alta West Capital
Tony Gueness – Alta West Capital
THE CANADIAN MORTGAGES INC. AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE LENDING
Winner: Davinder Powar – AKAL Mortgages Inc.

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Ameera Ameerullah – Canada Mortgage and Financial Group
Carmen Campagnaro – ProFunds Mortgages
Danny Saikaly – Mortgage Forces
David Clarke – TMG The Mortgage Group Atlantic
Geoff Lee – GLM Mortgage Group | Dominion Lending Centres
Reza Ghazi – GreenFlow Financial
Tim Hurlbut – TNT Mortgages
LENDER BDM OF THE YEAR (PRIME)
Winner: Sabrina Greig – First National Financial LP

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Adam Meger – RFA Mortgage Corporation
Alex Spicer – Manulife
Chris Mortier – TD Canada Trust
Francesca Papasodaro – TD Canada Trust
Jina McInerney – Merix Financial
Manny Sevatzian – First National Financial LP
Robert Duncan – Equitable Bank
Tiffany Pedersen – Strive
INDUSTRY SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Real Estate and Mortgage Institute of Canada Inc.

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
BluMortgage
Brokeredge CRM
FCT – First Canadian Title
Fundmore.ai
Lendesk
Mortgage Automator
Teranet Inc.
THE MCAN AWARD FOR NEW BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: HALO Advisory | TMG Black Capital

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
BRX Mortgage
Centum Referral Mortgages
Consortium Hypothécaire
Dominion Lending Centres Next Generation Mortgage
GoldTree Mortgage
Morgix
RONAM CAPITAL INC.
THE HAVENTREE BANK AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY
Winner: Mary Putnam – Canada Guaranty

LENDER UNDERWRITER OF THE YEAR (ALTERNATIVE LENDING)
Winner: Darren Schienbein – CWB Optimum Mortgage

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Cam Truong – Home Trust
Ghazal Omer – MCAN
Hartley Ruch – HomeEquity Bank
Imad Belkheiri – Equitable Bank
Jaimie Singer – First National Excalibur
Karina Villanueva – Home Trust
Victoria Cross – CWB Optimum Mortgage
THE COMMUNITY TRUST AWARD FOR ALTERNATIVE BROKER SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jason Anbara – Mortgage Approvals Ottawa Team

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Ameera Ameerullah – Canada Mortgage and Financial Group
Anne Brill – Centum Financial Services LP
Christine Xu – MoneyBroker Canada
Gogi Luthra – AKAL Mortgages Inc.
Jason Sohl – Verico Fair Mortgage Solutions Inc
Kamaljeet Bhumber – Verico Xeva Mortgage
Orges Hysi – Vine Group Mortgage Brokerage
Rashmeet Kaur – AKAL Mortgages Inc.
Robert Jennings – East Coast Mortgage Brokers
Zeynep Babir – 8Twelve Mortgage
LENDER UNDERWRITING OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE LENDING)
Winner: Rupinder Saini – Alta West Capital

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Catalin Popa – Hillmount Capital
Grant Plunkie – Shelter Lending
Kevin Cheng – PHL Capital Corp
Michael Diseri – Alta West Capital
Olga Bondari – Tembo
Shannon Ferris – Westboro Mortgage Investment Corp.
THE HOME TRUST AWARD FOR WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
Winner: Sofia Hondrogiannis – TD Bank

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Caroline Rapson – Centum Financial Group Inc.
Christine Buemann – The Collective Mortgage Group
Crystal Mamchur – Flare Mortgage Group
Elaine Taylor – Mortgage Alliance – M3 Group
Jill Moellering – Jill Moellering Mortgages (Mortgage Architects)
Leanne Myles – Clinton Wilkins Mortgage Team
Luisa Hough – Verico Xeva Mortgage
Marina Bournas – RFA Mortgage Corporation
Tracy Regier – The Mortgage Minds Inc.
Varsha Sharma – Syndicate Lending Corporation
Zeynep Babir – 8Twelve Mortgage
LENDER UNDERWRITER OF THE YEAR (PRIME)
Winner: Imran Ebrahim – Equitable Bank

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Andrew Huang – RMG
Angela Molyneau – FNFLP third party UW for TDMS
Cassie Hornby – Strive
Harvey Xu – CMLS
Imad Belkheiri – Equitable Bank
Jeannie Hoang – Merix Financial
Lisa Rowsell – Coastal Community Credit Union
Patrick Donnelly – RFA Mortgage Corporation
Rubin Rahman – Merix Financial
Traci Merkel – MCAP
Vyshnee Giritharan – Marathon Mortgages
Yesha Amin – First National Third party with Manulife
THE CENTUM FINANCIAL AWARD FOR YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chelsea Bedard – Mission 35

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Akshay Gupta – Foundry Mortgage Capital
Andrew Knee – East Coast Mortgage Brokers
Cole Jones – DLC Producers West Financial
Dammy Arom – Expert Mortgage
Harman Batta – Mortgage Alliance
Jessalyn Brown – TMG The Mortgage Group
Kevin Huynh – Empire Mortgage Group
Kyle Benzies – Dominion Lending Centres – Royalty Financial Ltd A.I.M.I Collective Group
Nolan Smith – Oceanvale Mortgage & Finance
Vee Shin – Tara Borle Mortgage Team, Mortgage Architects Inc.
MORTGAGE INDUSTRY EMPLOYER OF CHOICE
Winner: MCAP

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
CENTUM Canada
HomeEquity Bank
Magenta Capital Corporation
Oppono Lending Company
Ratehub.ca
RFA Mortgage Corporation
Safebridge Financial Group
Tango Financial
THE RFA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Winner: Carey Benvenuti – Lending Niagara – Mortgage Architects

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Alta West Capital
Ameera Ameerullah – Canada Mortgage and Financial Group
Blue Pearl Mortgage Group
David Clarke – TMG The Mortgage Group Atlantic
Empire Mortgage Group
Gavin Marshall – Magenta Capital Corporation
Greg Nowik – The Nowik Mortgage Team (Indi Mortgage – The Independent Mortgage Company)
Kendra Pyatt – DLC FC FUNDING
Kuljit Singh – AKAL Mortgages Inc.
Pineapple Financial
Veronique Caron – Multi-Prêts Hypothèques
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – AB)
Winner: Harprit (Max) Singh – TMG The Mortgage Group

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Hayley Cross – Flare Mortgage Group
Jennifer McLean – MortgagePal
Kim Nguyen – Vine Group Mortgage Brokerage
Nadeem Keshavjee – GreenBirch Capital Inc
Richard Anderson – Enrich Mortgage Group
Sarah Strauss – Mortgage Alliance – The Place To Mortgage
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – ATLANTIC)
Winner: Scott Bentley – MCC Premiere Mortgage Centre

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Cyrus Habibi – MCC Premiere Mortgage Centre
David Clarke – TMG The Mortgage Group Atlantic
Jonah Wright – Mortgage Intelligence
Leslie Penney – Verico East Coast Mortgage Brokers
Robert Jennings – East Coast Mortgage Brokers
Stacey Collett – TMG The Mortgage Group Atlantic
THE MORTGAGECLOSINGCENTRES.CA LLP AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – ON)
Winner: Dalia Barsoum – Streetwise Mortgages

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Anne Brill – Centum Financial Services LP
Anton Dharmaseelan – Mortgage Alliance
Chris Allard – Smart Debt Mortgages
Gurpreet Ubhi – J&G Mortgages Ltd
Johnson Andrews – Vine Group Mortgage Brokerage
Nicole Tracey – Mortgage Architects
Patrick Soy – Integrity Tree Financial
Paul Meredith – CityCan Financial
Rakhee Dhingra – Mortgage Savvy
Tracy Valko – Dominion Lending Centres – Valko Financial Ltd
Broker of the Year (Regional – BC)
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – BC)
Winner: Lev Keselman – Peak Mortgage Company

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Cody Keus – Centum Mortgage Store
Geoff Lee – GLM Mortgage Group | Dominion Lending Centres
Michelle McCullough – PG Mortgage Broker – Invis
Muhammad Aamir Khalique – DLC
Paul Aulakh – Westworth Financial Group
Sharnjit Gill – VERICO Superior Mortgage
Steven Brouwer – DLC Entrust Mortgage Services
Tricia McIntosh – Mortgage Alliance – The Place To Mortgage
Zaheed Valli-Hasham – City Wide Mortgage Services – VH Mortgage Group
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – PRAIRIES)
Winner: Shawna MacDonald – The Mortgage Associates

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Bob Dhindsa – Vine Group Mortgage Brokerage
Chad Wilson – Ideal Mortgage Solutions
Kent Bittner – Indi Mortgage – The Independent Mortgage Company
Lisa Gryba – One-Link Mortgage
Lisa Helfrick – Mortgage Intelligence
Shirl Funk – Shirl Funk Mortgages Powered by The Mortgage Centre
Viktor Schafer – One-Link Mortgage
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – QC)
Winner: Charles-Antoine Boudreau – Planiprêt

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Dominick Samson – Mortgage intelligence
Georges Tsovikian – Orbis Mortgage Group
Philippe Boucher – Mortgage Alliance
Pierre-Charles Jolicoeur – Multi-Prêts Hypothèques
Sammy Hammouda – Orbis Mortgage Group
Sandra Allard – Planiprêt
Shaun Dupont – Vine Group Mortgage Brokerage / Groupe Vine Courtage Hypothécaire
Veronique Caron – Multi-Prêts Hypothèques
BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (FEWER THAN 25 EMPLOYEES)
Winner: Empire Mortgage Group

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Brokers for Life Inc
CENTUM One Financial Group Inc.
Citadel Mortgages
Clinton Wilkins Mortgage Team
Homewise
Mortgage Outlet
Mortgage Savvy
The Mortgage Minds Inc.
VERICO Superior Mortgage
THE CWB OPTIMUM MORTGAGE AWARD FOR BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (25 EMPLOYEES OR MORE)
Winner: DLC Clear Trust Mortgages Inc.

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
8Twelve Mortgage
AKAL Mortgages Inc.
Blue Pearl Mortgage Group
DLC Mortgage Force
GNE Mortgages Inc
Orbis Mortgage Group
Ratehub.ca
Safebridge Financial Group
Sherwood Mortgage Group
True North Mortgage
Verico Xeva Mortgage
THE EQUITABLE BANK AWARD FOR CANADIAN BROKER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Dalia Barsoum – Streetwise Mortgages

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Charles-Antoine Boudreau – Planiprêt
Dalia Barsoum – Streetwise Mortgages
Harprit (Max) Singh – TMG The Mortgage Group
Lev Keselman – Peak Mortgage Company
Scott Bentley – MCC Premiere Mortgage Centre
Shawna MacDonald – The Mortgage Associates
NATIONAL BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Mortgage Alliance

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Invis Mortgage Intelligence
Mortgage Architects
Multi-Prêts Hypothèques
Pineapple Financial
Syndicate Lending Corporation
TMG The Mortgage Group
NATIONAL BROKER NETWORK OF THE YEAR
Winner: Centum Financial Group

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Dominion Lending Centres
Mortgage Centre Canada
Verico Financial Group