The Queensland state manager will leave early next year
AFG’s Beccy Ras, Queensland and northern New South Wales state manager, will retire from her role early next year after nearly 24 years with the broking mortgage group.
Ras joined AFG in January 2000 as national accounts manager, after several years working at financial companies in the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, and was appointed AFG Queensland state manager in 2002.
Chris Slater, AFG head of sales and distribution, commended Ras for her significant contribution to the company and her support of Queensland brokers.
Ras “been fundamental to the success of AFG in Queensland and Northern NSW,” Slater said. “Her leadership and advocacy on behalf of her members has been a key driver in helping build many robust and successful mortgage businesses across Queensland and northern NSW.”
Ras has been responsible for the recruitment, growth, and retention of AFG members across Australia’s second largest state.
“Beccy’s passion for the industry and her knowledge of the market has been an invaluable asset to AFG,” Slater said. “On behalf of all of her friends and colleagues at AFG, I would like to thank Beccy for her commitment and hard work and wish her well in her retirement.
“We will all miss Beccy’s professionalism, commitment to her team and our members, and her sense of fun. She has been an absolute pleasure to work alongside for so many years.”
Ras said that with AFG currently in a strong, market leading position in her area, it was the right time for her personally to pursue retirement.
“I have had an amazing career with AFG, watching the company evolve from a small business navigating through the emerging mortgage broking world to the dynamic company it is today,” she said.
“I’ll certainly miss the wonderful AFG Queensland team and the brokers whose journeys I’ve shared along the way. I am now very much looking forward to enjoying the next chapter with my lovely husband and family.”
In the next few months, AFG will be on the lookout for a new state manager to take the helm.
“We are looking for a highly capable, results-driven people leader to join the team in Queensland,” Slater said. “The role has autonomy, a strong sales management focus and we are looking for someone who is solution focused at all times. The role is dynamic, challenging and highly rewarding with a focus on the support of our members at the core of the role.”
In a media release, the AFG sales leader said Ras will be making sure to say a proper farewell to AFG’s Queensland brokers before she leaves in early 2024.
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