Find out who made the cut this year among the mortgage industry's top up-and-coming talent
New talent, fresh ideas, and a constant pipeline of prospects are essential for the mortgage industry to thrive – and Canadian Mortgage Professional can now reveal our list of Rising Stars for 2025, spotlighting the industry’s best and brightest young talent.
Returning for the ninth year, our report features up-and-coming mortgage professionals sure to be a mainstay of the industry for a long time.
You’ll recognize plenty of the names on this year’s list already – and if you don’t, you’re sure to be hearing about them soon.
To determine this year’s winners, we invited professionals from across Canada’s mortgage industry to nominate their most exceptional young talent in May.
Nominees had to be aged 35 or under as of October 1, 2025, and to have committed to a career in mortgages with a clear passion for the industry.
We asked nominees about their current roles, responsibilities, and key achievements over the past 12 months – with recommendations from managers and senior industry professionals also considered.
Our team then reviewed all nominations, narrowing the list down to 43 of the most outstanding young professionals in the industry.
Making the cut in our prestigious list were some of the best-known young high-flyers in Canada’s mortgage space, including:
- Charlie Prince
- Craig Brunsdon
- Taylor Hutchinson
- Hassan Amhaz
- Jake Bannister
- Mya Cochran
- Zev Wasserman
For the full list of this year’s winners, and to read our special report on what it takes to make it as a young professional in Canada’s mortgage industry, click here.
