Norman Vancuylenberg: Drink driver pleads guilty to crashing Ferrari in Sydney
A high-flying Sydney finance boss has appeared in court and admitted to being twice the legal alcohol limit when he drove his flashy sports car into a David Jones shopfront and nearly wiped out a pedestrian.
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A high-flying finance boss was double the blood alcohol limit when he drunkenly smashed his red Ferrari into a shopfront in Sydney’s CBD, nearly cleaning up a pedestrian.
Norman Anthony Vancuylenberg has pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving, driving unlicensed and dangerous driving following the boozy incident in January.
Downing Centre Local Court heard the 41-year-old, who helped start home loan broker Rams, drove his flash sports car into a window at David Jones on the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets about 3.25pm on January 6, 2020.
A woman, 61, was taken to hospital having sustained minor hip injuries when she was forced to run from the car’s path, while a female passenger was not hurt.
Shoppers watched on as the heavily damaged vehicle was towed from the scene, as Vancuylenberg was interviewed by police while sitting in the gutter.
Also known by last name Formisano, the former boss of financial planner Giant Finance Group blew a blood alcohol reading of 0.107 at Sydney City police station following his arrest.
The Drummoyne resident briefly appeared in court on Wednesday, where his matter was adjourned to March for sentencing.
According to his profile on Great Finance Group’s website, Vancuylenberg is “highly respected” in the industry he has worked in for more than 20 years.
The website boasts he helped fund and start “some of the biggest franchises in the third party Channel in Australia”, name dropping Rams home loans.
It claims he has built home loan trail books totalling more than $500 million twice in his career, selling off $200 million of assets in the process.
His LinkedIn profile lists the Merrylands High graduate’s former roles as a National Australia Bank branch manager and general manager at Ray White in Blakehurst.
In the profile Vancuylenberg describes himself as an “experienced people leader and sales efficiency coach”.
He will be sentenced on March 3.
