About us

We’re proud to be a wholly New Zealand owned business, with a tight team of industry experts, who believe in values – like honesty, loyalty, and trust.

No impersonal algorithms here. From day one we have put faces to numbers and people at the heart of everything we do, the results speak for themselves.

Meet the team

Lending Team

Michael Trecsh

Business Development Manager, 
Wellington
[email protected]
Ph: 04 499 1149 / Mob: 027 421 9263

Nick Miller

Property Finance Manager, 
Auckland & Upper North Island
[email protected]
Mob: 021 757 649

Hend Salam

Business Development Manager,
Auckland & Upper North Island
[email protected]
Mob: 021 447 926

Simon Maule

Business Development Manager,
Canterbury
[email protected]
Mob: 021 447 595

Victoria Wahren

Business Development Manager,
Auckland
[email protected]
Mob: 021 447 231

Investment Team

Simone Vincent

Business Relationship Manager, 
Investments
Business Relationship Manager, Investments
[email protected]
Ph: 0800 00 58 43 / Mob:  021  301 008

Ross Latham

Business Relationship Manager, 
Investments
Business Relationship Manager, Investments
[email protected]
Mob:  021 521 257
Business Relationship Manager, Investments

Heather Kentsley

Investment Manager
[email protected]
Ph: 09 535 2239 / Mob: 021 913 330

Victoria Lehman

Investment Administration 
Manager
Administration Manager
[email protected]
Mob: 09 535 2239
Administration Manager

Management Team

Cam Harper

Managing Partner
[email protected]
Mob: 021 464 611

"We’re actually doing things, not just saying it."

Barry Milward


Founding Director

Our Story

Southern Cross Finance Limited was founded in 1997 by Barry and Julia Milward. They emigrated to New Zealand from the UK in the early 1960s, travelling on the iconic ship built for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line called the Southern Cross.

When they launched their new business venture, it seemed only fitting the name referenced the ship that was integral to moving to New Zealand and symbolic of “new opportunities and a new life”.

Fast forward 28 years and as Southern Cross Partners Limited the business is still focused on helping start new opportunities, evolving to become one of the largest property-backed peer-to-peer lenders in New Zealand.

 

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