Bravure Group
Chris Midlam is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in business development and client services across various industries. Currently serving as Head of Growth & Strategic Partnerships at Bravure Group since April 2025, Chris previously held notable positions at Credit Corp, where responsibilities included Head of Client Services & Business Development and various managerial roles from April 2007 to February 2025. Additional roles include Head of Client Services at both Baycorp and National Credit Management Limited from 2019 to 2022. Chris began a career at Citizen Watch Company as National Customer Care Manager from 2005 to 2008. Educational qualifications include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Australian Institute of Business and an Advanced Diploma of Business Management from the Australian Institute of Management.
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Bravure Group
Founded in 1998 Bravure (formerly Kessler Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd (“KFSA”) was founded in 1998 in conjunction with a relationship with American Express to develop the affinity credit card market in Australia. KFSA quickly identified that the professional market was very responsive to affinity programs, and a number of associations signed up. Partnerships In the early 2000s, we also offered home loans (in partnership with AMP) and life insurance (in partnership with ING Australia, now OnePath) to the members of professional associations, and Kessler’s relationships continued to develop. Advising Additionally, KFSA has been involved in a number of key credit card programs in Australia, including advising Citibank in the acquisition of the Cuscal credit card portfolio, and supporting David Jones, Woolworths and Virgin Money in developing credit card partnerships with various Australian issuers. Debt Advisory The debt advisory business was introduced in 2009 and is now involved with the sale of approximately 30% of all debt sold in Australia each year. In 2017 launched an Insolvency servicing division Australia to optimise the entire lifecycle or personal insolvency cases and now have visibility of over 75% of personal insolvency cases on an annual basis. Bravure Group In 2018, The Kessler Group was acquired by ECN Capital and in early 2019, KFSA senior management completed a management buy-out and the company trading name was changed to Bravure.