Introducing the Gymea team. Home Loans

Ben joined Mortgage Choice in May of 1999 and is the Principal of Mortgage Choice at Gymea. Previously Ben spent 5 years with ANZ in various lending roles. He lives locally in Cronulla with his wife and 4 children.

Ben's background is in Home and Commercial Lending. He spent the first 5 years after University (B.A.) in various lending roles within the ANZ Bank, including Lending Manager at two busy city branches.

Ben purchased his first Mortgage Choice franchise in May 1999, quickly moving into a shared office in Caringbah before moving to his own office in Engadine. April 2008 saw a move to Gymea, the centre of the Sutherland Shire. 

Contact Ben via email or LinkedIn

Michele Hutchen has been a leading Senior Loan Writer with Mortgage Choice within the Sutherland Shire for close to 25 years.  she is one of the few female loan writers in this area, and brings a unique perspective to every situation.    She has over 30 years of banking experience under her belt in total. Michele has won several Mortgage Choice Awards, including Loans Consultant of the Quarter and finalist for Loans Consultant of the Year at the National Conference. Michele has also completed her Diploma of Finance and Diploma of Business & Diploma of Management. Previous to joining Mortgage Choice Michele worked at St George and Westpac Bank in both Mortgage & Personal Lending. Michele enjoys working with all her clients to help them realise their dream of owning their own home or Investment property.

Michele is also an active committee member for the Sutherland Shire Relay for Life which Mortgage Choice Gymea are proud the major sponsor of the raffle in over the last 5 years. Michele also raised $4000 in the Chris O'Brien Charity Ride in 2013. Michele is also an active member of the BNI - Southern business networking group since 2014. 

Contact Michele via email or call 02 9525 4544

Testimonial:

"From the very beginning, Michele was a joy to work with. She walked us through the maze of the home loan world and explained everything in terms that we could understand. From our first meeting, we felt cherished and had 100% trust that Michele would look out for us and get us the best loan that she could.

And indeed she did exactly that - she held our hands every step of the way. During the process, I fell pregnant and Michele took as much of the pressure and stress from me as she could. She worked tirelessly to get us a second home loan to cover what we needed when waiting for settlement of our old home. 

She recently helped us out when we had issues discharging our old mortgage and again worked tirelessly for us. She did this even knowing that there was no commission in it - but we are her clients and she again put us first. I have so much respect for Michele as a broker and after our experience with her, I have amazing respect for Michele as a person. Without a doubt, our experience would have been much more stressful without Michele. Thank you again and again, Michele. You are simply amazing"

- C and S Kelly, 2016

Testimonial:

'Michele Hutchen from Gymea was very caring and helpful. She helped us get out of a bad mortgage situation and took the time to help us when no one else would. She refinanced us to a much lower rate with a reputable bank. We are so grateful.'

- J Cobb 2015, Helensburgh

After 25 years’ experience working in the legal industry, Kylie made the switch to banking and finance, joining the Mortgage Choice Gymea team in 2018. Kylie is your connection with the banks and will keep you informed of how your loan application is processing from submission right through to settlement. 

Contact Kylie via email