Kim Champion

Kim Champion

Mortgage Professional Australia

Kim Champion

Senior Writer - Special Reports

20+ years experience

Kim's specialty topics

Mortgage Brokerage Rankings Specialty & Emerging Broker Talent Broker Sentiment & Lender Relationships Mortgage Industry Workplace Culture DE&I & Female Leadership in Mortgage Broking

Kim Champion is Senior Writer of Special Reports for Mortgage Professional Australia, where she covers the brokerages, brokers, and market forces shaping Australia's mortgage industry. Her reporting spans mortgage brokerage and broker rankings, from the country's top brokerages and its 100 best individual brokers to specialty categories like commercial brokers and rising stars under 35, as well as broker sentiment on banks, non-banks, and aggregators, top employers in the industry, and the leaders and organizations, including female leaders, setting the standard across the profession. She's driven by curiosity about what makes these leaders and firms excellent at what they do, and by the challenge of telling their stories well. Kim brings over two decades of journalism experience to the role, including B2B special reports and sponsored content across the legal, insurance, mortgage, human resources, and financial sectors. As a founding reporter for a digital-first community news outlet, part of one of Canada's largest hyperlocal news networks, she set the editorial tone for its local journalism, pairing storytelling that celebrated the community with hard-hitting coverage of issues such as homelessness and poverty. Prior to that, she led award-winning newsrooms from Parry Sound to York Region, setting the gold standard for enterprise reporting in local politics, and her own agenda-setting work in community journalism earned two provincial news awards for editorial writing within a five-year span, along with regional and international recognition. She is known for producing high-impact industry coverage that pairs data and expert insight with compelling storytelling. A love of community and a desire to help make it better anchor her volunteer work, particularly with the Spelling Bee of Canada.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I have the best job in the world, getting on a call with someone who's spent decades becoming excellent at what they do, and hearing them think out loud about how they got there. It's my privilege to be trusted with those conversations, and I’m thrilled to give the reader a seat at that table, too.”

Awards and recognition

Also published by

Insurance Business Canada · Insurance Business Asia · Human Resources Director Canada · Human Resources Director Australia · Sudbury Northern Life · YorkRegion.com · Canadian Mortgage Professional · MPA - Mortgage Professional America · NZ Adviser · Canadian Lawyer · Guelph Today · Barrie Today · NewmarketToday · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Bradford News · MidlandToday

Featured content from Kim

Best Mortgage Brokerages in Australia: The 2026 Top 50 Ranked 2026 Brokers on Aggregators Best Mortgage Brokers Under 35 in Australia | Rising Stars

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Senior Writer - Special Reports
  • Newmarket Today / Village Media — Reporter
  • The Vaughan Citizen / York Region / Star Metroland Media — Managing Editor
  • The Parry Sound North Star / Star Metroland Media — Managing Editor

Education

  • Journalism Diploma, Centennial College

Read the latest stories by Kim

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A Top 100 broker says lender relationships still shape approval outcomes

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People power: Finsure's strategy as a Top Mortgage Employer

One of Australia's largest award-winning aggregators thrives with its team-first model

People power: Finsure's strategy as a Top Mortgage Employer

Redefining mortgage broking: The strategic vision behind Original Wealth

One of 2025's Top Brokerages is rethinking the broker’s role in long-term financial planning

Redefining mortgage broking: The strategic vision behind Original Wealth

How free thinking earned non-bank top mortgage employer nod

Liberty's innovative culture and broker support drives unique approach

How free thinking earned non-bank top mortgage employer nod

Top mortgage employer strengthens people-first culture through rapid growth

An award-winning Australian lender’s triple growth backed by a culture of equity and inclusion

Top mortgage employer strengthens people-first culture through rapid growth

BOQ Business empowers SMEs, future finance leaders

Policy rewritten to assist cash flow and support commercial broker customers

BOQ Business empowers SMEs, future finance leaders

Top commercial broker epitomises female leadership in the commercial financial sector

Commercial broking leader setting the standard for helping SMEs grow and succeed

Top commercial broker epitomises female leadership in the commercial financial sector

Belinda Wright champions diversity and growth at Thinktank

Elite Woman 2024 is the driving force behind attracting more female brokers to the commercial and SMSF space

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