MACLEAN FINANCIAL
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$0 to $30M in 5 Years. And Still Growing
When a business is scaling fast, every sales hire matters. Sales HQ helped Maclean build the team to match their momentum.
ABOUT MACLEAN FINANCIAL
Maclean Financial is a specialist commercial lending brokerage, helping Australian businesses access the right finance solutions for their growth. With a strong focus on relationships, quality, and results, they’ve carved out a reputation as one of the industry’s most respected independent operators.
As their growth accelerated, so did the complexity of their team needs. They didn’t just need salespeople, they needed the right ones. Maclean Financial started as a lean operation, a founder-led business with bold ambitions. Over five years, they grew to $30 million in annual lending. Alongside that growth came the need to hire exceptional salespeople, without losing cultural alignment or commercial discipline. Sales HQ helped them get it right, again and again.
The challenge
As Maclean scaled from startup to major player, hiring the wrong salesperson could derail performance, culture, and momentum. They needed to build a team of high performers who could operate with autonomy, maturity, and commercial sharpness but still align with the business’s founding values.
They needed a recruitment partner who understood the commercial lending space, their culture, and what a great sales hire really looks like.
Services Used: permanent recruitment, video head-hunting
The solution
We didn’t send over a pile of CVs. We did the work to understand exactly what “great” looked like in this business and only delivered candidates who matched it.
The difference showed instantly.
“Sales HQ gets it. They know how to listen, they understand what makes a good fit, and they don’t waste time. Every hire has made a real difference to our business.”
— Maclean Financial
For Maclean Financial, we delivered:
- A series of high-performing, culturally aligned sales hires
- Commercial lending recruitment expertise backed by real industry understanding
- A trusted hiring partnership built on consistency, honesty, and results
- Confidence in hiring decisions that support long-term growth
Our hires consistently brought in business, integrated seamlessly, and added to the company’s momentum, not just headcount.
The Results
Business impact
With Sales HQ’s support, Maclean Financial built a high-trust team that performs, scales, and supports the founder’s vision, without compromising on quality.
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Multiple successful hires placed
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Zero mis-hires since partnering
