(Anything But) Banker to Broker

Celebrating the weird, wonderful, and unconventional pathways that launched some of the industry’s brightest and best.

(Anything But) Banker to Broker is a business podcast hosted by Joe Shephard | FinTalent, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joe Shephard | FinTalent hosts (Anything But) Banker to Broker, a business show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #25

  #25: Alisha Scappin: From Floor Plans to Financial Plans

  Mar 17, 202632 minS1

  <p>Today's guest went from designing ice cream parlours with crayons at age six... to designing bespoke kitchens on the Gold Coast... to running marketing for one of Australia's biggest real estate brands, before finally landing where she was always meant to be.</p><p><br></p><p>Alisha Scappin is the founder of Allora Finance, a Brisbane-based brokerage she launched in February 2020, just weeks before COVID shut the world down. With zero finance background, no safety net, and a partner who casually asked on a New Zealand holiday, "Would you ever become a mortgage broker?", Alisha backed herself and...

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  Episode #25

  #25: Alisha Scappin: From Floor Plans to Financial Plans

  Mar 17, 202632 minS1

  Today's guest went from designing ice cream parlours with crayons at age six... to designing bespoke kitchens on the Gold Coast... to running marketing for one of Australia's biggest real estate brands, before finally landing where she was always meant to be. Alisha Scappin is the founder of Allora Finance , a Brisbane-based brokerage she launched in February 2020, just weeks before COVID shut the world down. With zero finance background, no safety net, and a partner who casually asked on a New Zealand holiday, "Would you ever become a mortgage broker?", Alisha backed herself and made the leap. Since then, she's been named Harcourts' #1 Mortgage Broker for QLD and SA three years running , and ranked 4th nationally through Mortgage Express in 2024 . She's built a small team of new-to-industry brokers, rebranded to Allora Finance (a nod to her Italian heritage) and turned a bad first home buyer experience of her own into the reason she fights so hard for her clients today. This chat covers humble hospo beginnings, a dad who once served Elton John, kitchen benchtops, corporate pivots across three cities, and the moment on January 4th that changed everything.

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  Episode #24

  #24: Will Miles: From Odd Jobs to Unconditional Approval

  Mar 10, 202628 minS2

  <p>Will Miles didn't have a plan. He had a Target uniform, a carpentry certificate, and a mate who kept talking about property.</p><p><br></p><p>Growing up in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, Will bounced through business at Swinburne, picked up carpentry at TAFE, and worked the odd job here and there Village Cinemas, the tools, whatever came next. </p><p><br></p><p>It wasn't until his best mate pulled him into the world of property and finance that something finally clicked.</p><p><br></p><p>A loan processor role taught him how the machine worked from...

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  Episode #23

  #23: Kane Dury: From Posting Orders to Purchase Orders

  Mar 1, 202631 minS1

  <p>Kane Dury joined the Australian Army the week after 9/11, spent 12 years working his way up to Sergeant, and was quietly buying investment properties the whole time.</p><p><br></p><p>After the Army came the mines, then mortgage broking on the Gold Coast — built from scratch, one late night at a time. </p><p><br></p><p>When the Royal Commission threw the industry into chaos, Kane kept going. When a remuneration change wiped out his income overnight at a buyers agency he'd planned to stay at forever, he and his wife Nadia quit the same day and la...

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  Episode #22

  #22: Azem Ozcagli: From Streetwear to Settlements

  Feb 28, 202625 minS1

  <p>Azem Ozcagli graduated with a criminology degree, applied to hundreds of jobs, and never got a single interview. Then COVID hit, he lost his retail job, and ended up doing demolition work just to survive.</p><p><br></p><p>A phone call from a mate pulled him into finance — and a year later, he and two colleagues launched OVM Finance Group from the back of a carpool.</p><p><br></p><p>This one's about taking risks when you've got nothing to lose, building a business with your mates, and why Azem's clients say he never gives up.</p>

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