Region. Financier honoured

Leading Australian entrepreneur Mark Bouris has been recognised for his distinguished service with an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Western Sydney. Mr Bouris established Wizard Home Loans in 1996 to challenge the big banks in the home loan market. Within eight years Wizard had expanded to 300 branches across Australia and New Zealand.He sold Wizard to GE in 2004 and went on to establish Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management in 2007.