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Moore, a former CEO of aggregation group Choice (now part of the LMG Group), is set to join Viking Aggregation on 2 February as its executive chairman, taking on operational responsibilities, including leading the group’s broker recruitment drive.
Moore has over 25 years of experience in financial services leadership roles, including as former CEO of Choice, FAST, and PLAN.
He was most recently the chief commercial officer of fintech company Sherlok.
As well as his work in broking, Moore has extensive experience in banking, having co-founded UBank – the digital banking entity established under National Australia Bank (NAB) – and held senior positions at ING and MLC.
Moore will now help build the residential and commercial aggregation offerings of Viking, led by former Vow Financial general manager Clive Kirkpatrick.
Kirkpatrick told Broker Daily: “Stephen Moore has vast experience in the broking space and as executive chair, he and I will spearhead the recruitment of the new offerings and build out the memberships.
“He will also pick up some of the operational roles as well.”
In addition to Moore, Viking will welcome Rohan Puls, formerly a BDM at Victorian Mortgage Group, as regional manager for Victoria and Tasmania. He will join existing regional managers Terry Scott (Queensland), Pat Clarkson (NSW), and Corey Drew (South Australia). A new head of distribution is also expected to be appointed in the coming months.
Who is Viking Aggregation?
Viking Aggregation, which was launched in November 2023 by Nationwise Group, originally started as an asset finance aggregator but recently began onboarding waitlisted brokers to its commercial and residential arms.
Viking aims to have 600 brokers across these offerings by the end of the year. Combined with its existing asset finance aggregation business, the group expects to reach around 1,000 brokers.
Viking’s residential and commercial offerings are targeting three distinct broker segments: commercial specialists writing $50–250 million annually who want broader lender panels and improved technology; residential brokers looking to expand into commercial opportunities; and “banking refugees” with 10–25 years of commercial experience seeking independence and operational support.
At the core of Viking’s offering is its proprietary system, Raven Central, developed in-house to act as an umbrella platform across the business. Raven Commercial, the group’s bespoke commercial platform, incorporates multiple AI engines that analyse financials, apply credit policies, and draft commercial loan submissions. The platform is currently piloting direct integration with two major commercial lenders to enable straight-through submissions.
For residential lending, Viking uses SalesTrekker 2.0, while its asset finance arm operates on Financeable.
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