Over 15 years across banking, SME lending, hospitality, fuel, retail, and multi-site business ownership in New Zealand.
Why work with me
I work with ambitious SME owners ready to scale locally or internationally. My background combines advanced corporate finance training, ANZ banking experience, hands-on multi-site operations, and mentoring businesses exploring new markets—especially India. I help you interpret your numbers, secure the right funding, and plan expansion with clear financial strategy.
Understand your leverage, financial risks, and capacity for growth aligned with bank requirements.
Learn more →Navigate lending requirements with insider banking knowledge. Structure proposals that secure approval.
Learn more →Scale to India and new markets with structured market entry and financial planning.
Learn more →Every engagement starts with understanding your goals, your numbers, and your constraints. From there, I work with you to design clear, practical steps you can implement.
I help you understand your financial position, identify leverage and risk trade-offs, and prepare proposals aligned to what lenders expect. Drawing on postgraduate corporate finance expertise and ANZ banking experience.
Drawing on my ANZ Business Banking experience, I help you understand what lenders look for, structure funding proposals that secure approval, and optimise your capital mix. Whether you're seeking growth capital, refinancing debt, or navigating complex lending requirements, I provide insider knowledge to strengthen your position.
Your CA confirms historical numbers. I assess operational reality, industry benchmarks, and bank lending expectations. Combined with my ANZ banking background, this means you get the full picture before committing.
Ideal for owners who feel stuck, are facing big decisions, or want a structured plan for the next 12–24 months. I help clarify your direction and build a practical roadmap with clear financial targets.
For NZ businesses exploring India or other export opportunities, I help you assess feasibility and structure market entry. Combined with financial planning, so you understand both the opportunity and the risk.
A trusted partner close to your business, providing strategic sounding board and financial accountability. Flexible, relationship-based support tailored to your needs.
I work alongside leading chartered accountants, mortgage and business brokers, and commercial lawyers in Wellington. Your finance, tax, legal, and strategic advice can be coordinated as one joined-up process rather than in silos. You can bring your own advisors, or I can introduce specialists where gaps exist.
I'm a strategic finance and business expansion advisor based in Wellington. I help growth-stage SME owners make smarter financial decisions, secure growth capital, and scale responsibly. I combine advanced corporate finance training, international business experience, and hands-on ownership of multi-site ventures.
My Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration with Merit, from Massey University, specialises in corporate finance and accounting. This advanced training, combined with undergraduate studies in Switzerland, gives me a global perspective grounded in rigorous financial analysis.
As a former Business Banking Manager and Assistant Business Manager at ANZ, I reviewed and approved credit for a wide range of SMEs. I understand how banks assess financial risk, what they look for in proposals, and how to structure facilities that work for both lender and borrower.
Key strengths: Deep understanding of leverage, serviceability, risk ratios, and capital structure. Experience across multiple SME sectors. Ability to help you prepare proposals that banks take seriously and advise whether the numbers actually stack up.
I've held director roles in multi-site ventures, managing P&L, staffing, capital expenditure, and growth initiatives. I've turned around underperforming sites and overseen operational upgrades. This hands-on experience means I understand the gap between what financial statements show and what actually happens day to day.
I mentor business owners with NZ business support organisations, helping them clarify strategy, strengthen financials, and plan growth and international expansion—especially into India. My undergraduate education in Switzerland combined with hands-on business experience gives me a practical, global perspective on market entry and risk.
Based in Wellington, I work closely with leading CAs, brokers, and commercial lawyers so clients receive cohesive advice across finance, tax, legal, and strategy—not siloed recommendations.
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