Sue Hayter

Immigrating to Melbourne, Australia in 2001 was both exciting and terrifying. I didn’t know a single soul…and now….looking back over the years, I’m proud of my achievements and can honestly say that I’ve become a proud Melbournian. I have lived in 3 countries, worked in 5 different international banks and I am the founder of my own company – here is my story.

I was born in a small town called Empangeni in South Africa which has a sub-tropical climate. My father was an engineer and his work took our family on a many moves around South Africa. Upon reflection, this made me resilient and I always embraced the challenge to rise to the top in my chosen sports.

Being the eldest in my family, I have always been the leader of the pack and I had a natural aptitude for sport. I inherited good sporting genes from my parents and excelled in athletics and hockey. I still hold records for the 100m and 200m sprints at my primary and high school and also enjoyed competing at the South African Athletics Championships.

As a team sport I chose to play hockey and I spent all my spare time practicing which paid off handsomely as I was selected to represent my state every school year and went on to be selected for my university team and the Women’s State Hockey team. I’m proud to say that I was also nominated for the South African squad, however, sadly we were unable to play due to political issues.

Looking back at my life, I have chosen to look at my life in a positive way instead of in a negative way. I have always been grateful for my experiences and new learnings (not called failures) upon which I have built a positive attitude to take me forward on my life’s journey. Many of the paths I have taken have not been easy and it has often been a struggle to cope with the stresses of everyday life.

Although my parents provided a safe home for me, due to the nature of my father’s work as an engineer, we moved cities many times and from the age of five years old I attended many different schools. Every time I arrived in a new city and started at a new school, despite not knowing anybody, each time I rose to the top becoming a leader. I was blessed with good athletic genes and each time I arrived at a new school everyone noticed me because I was the fastest runner out of everyone in the 100m and 200m sprint races at the athletics competitions. The students began to follow me in order to learn from me and I genuinely enjoyed helping them improve their running skills. I loved the good uplifting feelings in my heart and body of helping others and being acknowledged. I wanted to experience these feelings again, so I developed a plan to follow a daily habit to practice by myself every day to further develop my sprinting skills to become fitter and faster. I also became aware how to use my emotions and outer senses to my advantage by incorporating methods which implemented together led me to achieve my goals. Combining physical exercise, a healthy diet and the power of the mind, I regularly visualised myself running in my future races from the start to the finish line and I matched this visualisation to a wonderful warm feeling of achieving success.

In high school and thereafter, as a team sport, I played field hockey and once again, since I had proven that my plan had been successful during my junior school years, I developed a roadmap in order to improve my speed on the field and practice my technical skills so that I could outmanoeuvre the opposition and score many goals. I had a burning desire from within to perform well and upon reflection when I examine the situation – I can identify with the great warm feeling in my inner self every time I successfully achieved what I had set out to accomplish.  Consequently, due to maintaining my good habits which translated info success, I became a valuable asset to the team, but most importantly, from my perspective, I got to repeatedly experience that wonderful warm feeling every time I scored a goal or outperformed the opposition and the repetition of my successes reinforced my self-belief.  I trained by myself every day and became a master of my techniques. I consolidated the success of my skills in many ways including drawing the plan of my drills and shooting skills on paper. I vividly remember purposefully visualising in my mind’s eye, successfully performing my skills during the match whilst lying in bed at night and also directly before the start of a match. Little did I know at the time that I was positively programming my subconscious mind which gave me the confidence to achieve what I was manifesting.

Implementing a positive plan with consistent good habits has worked very successfully for me during my life time. The point I would like to make is that from an early age, it was not winning the race or scoring the goals that satisfied me. Whilst that was a big factor, the most important outcome for me was the powerful warm feeling in my inner self which made me feel secure and gave me a wonderful feeling of self-belief. An inner feeling which I had developed all by myself and nobody could take away.  I had unknowingly developed an internal recipe for success which made me feel confident within the confines of my mind, heart and body. I have used this recipe throughout my adult life including manoeuvring through the highlights and hardships of living in 3 different countries, raising a family, working in the male dominated corporate finance industry and managing my own company within the highly regulated challenging finance environment. The reality is that I was able to turn my mind inward to connect with my Universal Intelligent Conscious Mind through which I built a foundation of positivity and used this method to navigate throughout my life’s journey.

 I have developed a solid understanding of the science of consciousness which has enabled me to review how I manifested my positivity during my early years. My every reactive thought was conscious with which I chose to switch into positivity. The Universal Intelligent Conscious Mind is the root essence from which I harnessed my good warm feelings that made me feel secure within myself. I locked these feelings into my memory bank as a foundation which helped me believe in myself every time I faced a difficult situation.

Every human being has the ability and choice to formulate good habits including turning inward to look into their higher conscious inner self and connect with the Universal Intelligent Conscious Mind in order to draw strength and guidance to find solutions so that we can move forward and achieve our goals with positivity. If you truly believe in yourself, then this habit becomes a powerful tool for the human being to use in their everyday life and helps to overcome any outer difficulties which we may face during our lifetime. This outlook can make a big difference to what we can accomplish in our life time.

As an experienced mortgage broker, I started mentoring new to industry mortgage brokers in 2010. I authored the Quality Financial Group Mentor Programme which has been assessed by the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) in 2014 and Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) in 2016 against their minimum standards and has been recognised and approved as a mentor programme for new to industry brokers.

I’ve enjoyed the journey to become an experienced mentor and coach dedicated to helping people build a sustainable business in which they are able to work anywhere, anytime, regardless of location. Working electronically using innovative technology is available to everyone who embraces it. More info here

I have a thirst for knowledge and am a firm believer in continued education. I’ve benefitted from attending The Adviser Study Tour in London, Hong Kong and Ireland to learn about the international banking and mortgage market with regards to compliance, risk management and surviving during regulation changes. I have incorporated all the information into my business processes and procedures and share everything with the brokers I mentor.

By sharing my knowledge, expertise & experience, I have been able to empower the mentees to fulfil their dreams of being self-employed and self-sufficient business owners and  ensuring that they recommend a loan which is in the best interests of the customer and meets their personal set of objectives resulting in a good customer outcome. More info here.

I also mentor RMIT university students, which I really enjoy as they keep me on my toes with regards to the latest technology and nuances.

Awards & Recognition

2021 Top 10 Influential Women in Finance – Insights Success Global

2020 Mentor of the Year – Australian Women in Finance

2019 Mentor of the Year – The Adviser Better Business – Victoria

2021 Mentor of the Year Finalist – The Adviser Better Business – Victoria
2020 Mentor of the Year Finalist – The Adviser Better Business – Victoria
2020 Best Newcomer to Finsure Aggregation
2020 Women in Finance – Mentor of the Year Finalist
2020 Women in Finance – Director of the Year Finalist
2020 Women in Finance – Innovator of the Year Finalist
2020 Australian Broking Awards –Training & Education Program of the Year Finalist
2020 Australian Broking Awards – Industry Thought Leader of the Year Finalist
2020 Australian Broking Awards – Mentor of the Year Finalist

2019 Women in Finance – Director of the Year Finalist
2019 Women in Finance – Industry Thought Leader of the Year Finalist
2019 Women in Finance – Innovator of the Year Finalist
2019 Women in Finance – Mentor of the Year Finalist
2019 Australian Broking Awards –Training & Education Program of the Year Finalist
2019 Australian Broking Awards – Industry Thought Leader of the Year Finalist

2019 Australian Broking Awards – Mentor of the Year Finalist
2018 Women in Finance – Innovator of the Year Finalist
2018 Women in Finance – Mentor of the Year Finalist

Mentoring Program Authored by Sue –                                                                                    Approved by the 2 Australian Peak Finance Industry Bodies

2016 Quality Financial Group Mentoring Program. Approved by the Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA)

2014 Quality Financial Group Mentoring Program. Approved by the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA)

I’ve always preferred to be a fit person who loves the nature and exercise, however, a few years ago I overloaded myself with work and consequently became a workaholic. I gained 20kgs due to ignoring a healthy work life balance and basically did zero exercise. I remember being out of breath as I ran up the stairs at home and feeling very uncomfortable. I hated this ugly feeling and immediately decided to start exercising again and return to maintaining a healthy balanced diet. I’m happy to say that I successfully returned to maintaining regular healthy habits. I love blending nature and exercise by jogging 5+ km around Albert Park Lake. It’s a good feeling!

I’m passionate about helping the earth evolve to pure love consciousness. Assisting the Path of Consciousness by joining the I AM to connect the Planetary Network and thus Sow a New Humanity in Harmony with the Evolution of the Earth. More info here.

Loving to help people, it was a natural progression to became a Certified Discover Healing Practitioner using The Emotion Code ® and Body Code ® technique. More info here.

Completing my PHD in Metaphysical Science has been a wonderful experience. It has expanded my consciousness and the power of the mind which is at the route of our being and is eternal, infinite and boundless. More info here.

I love living in Melbourne – rated one of the most liveable cities in the world! I’m single and the proud Mum of 2 wonderful children – a boy and a girl who have both developed successful careers and have a zest for life. I have loyal furry kids (cute, adorable cats) who keep me company and follow me around the house, constantly chatting & purring loudly 😊