Dwelling mortgage platform and retail dealer community Lendi Group has appointed Steph Kay as its new head of strategic partnerships distribution.
Kay (pictured), who spent greater than seven years at Commonwealth Financial institution in numerous roles together with nationwide strategic partnerships supervisor, will spearhead Lendi’s operational and strategic relationships between its lender and strategic companions, maximising mutual advantages, efficiencies, and dealer service supply.
Kay boasts greater than 20 years’ expertise within the monetary companies sector, together with 10 years working for main gamers throughout the mortgage broking business, resembling CBA and St. George Financial institution.
She joins Lendi, which now enjoys a powerhouse place within the house mortgage business after combining Aussie’s iconic model with cutting-edge Lendi know-how and processes.
Kay can be chargeable for the end-to-end improvement and execution of Lendi’s biennial partnership program, in addition to all components of lender and dealer engagement exercise, knowledge and insights and alter administration supply.
Brad Cramb, CEO of distribution at Lendi, mentioned he was thrilled to welcome Kay as the latest chief throughout the distribution community.
“At Lendi Group – the distribution arm of the enterprise particularly is gearing up for a brand new period of progress, following the latest surge in house mortgage exercise, which has seen the Aussie model expertise its finest monetary 12 months on document in 2021 – as we glance to scale a lot of assist mechanisms for our expansive community of brokers, permitting them to assist save time and enhance buyer interactions,” Cramb mentioned.
“Steph takes on a crucial function at an necessary time for the group. Along with her in depth and broad vary of expertise and confirmed means to ship progress, she can be a priceless asset for our enterprise and model.”
Kay held senior management roles at CBA throughout partnerships and sponsorships, change, communications and occasions throughout the house shopping for and third-party banking house.
Previous to CBA, Kay labored at St. George Financial institution and American Categorical. She was answerable for the communication channels for St. George Banking Group Mortgage Broking, involving greater than 10,000 mortgage brokers. Kay was additionally enterprise companion communications to aggregation corporations and inside communication for the nationwide mortgage broking group throughout St.George, Financial institution of Melbourne and BankSA.
Relating to her appointment, Kay mentioned Lendi’s sturdy organisational values and imaginative and prescient for its future within the business drew her to the function.
“I’m excited to hitch Lendi Group and be part of its journey because it breaks down limitations and modifications the best way people organise, finance, lend and purchase property … for good,” Kay mentioned.
Kay mentioned lender companions have been an enormous a part of the success of Lendi and Aussie.
“I’ve been working for lenders in that house for final 12 years so I can convey their perspective,” she mentioned. “I’m wanting ahead to working with lenders to assist them ship on their strategic priorities and deepen and strengthen their relationships to supply nice outcomes for his or her shoppers.”
Kay mentioned brokers valued the significance of their lender panel and he or she could be specializing in the partnership applications Lendi runs with lenders and brokers.
“We need to make this system accessible to lender companions on a state and nationwide stage to indicate brokers what merchandise, companies and gives can be found to get the perfect outcomes for his or her prospects,” she mentioned.
“The Lendi Group is about individuals, merchandise, and human lead know-how they’re delivering to market all working collectively altering the best way Australians expertise property lending.”
Lendi was now seeking to ship the primary in-person Aussie Dwelling Loans nationwide convention on the Gold Coast in October.
“We can have key-note audio system, workshops for brokers to assist construct their companies put up COVID, and the way they’ll proceed to develop after coming off the again of document years and hold the momentum going,” Kay mentioned.
