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Word from the GM Craig Brown - 07 March 2013

Another New Year is upon us  

Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. The Senior Management and staff of Lock Finance would like to wish you all a fantastic year and hope you all can adhere to most of your New Years resolutions for as long as possible.

 
I would like to start the 2013 year with a huge thank you to Simon Thompson our former CEO. Simon has been part of Lock Finance for 9 years initially as General Manager then CEO since 2009. Simon has decided to take a back seat, retaining a position on the Lock Finance board so that he can focus on his consultancy work with the World Bank.
We are delighted to be able to retain Simon’s significant experience and knowledge within the company.  This has allowed me to take on some additional responsibilities and ensure that we remain a financier of choice for the SME market.
 
Some issues that we see being a feature of 2013 in no particular order are:
-The Black Caps test batting performances.
-The mental scars of the All Blacks loss to England.
- When do I fix my home mortgage and for how long.
- Will our slow and fragile economic recovery continue?
 
I can fix the first two:
- Pick more Australians and South Africans for our cricket team.
- Pick more Chiefs players for the All Blacks.
- The other two I will leave to the Government and overseas influences but mostly to the business owners who are the ones doing the actual business.
 
Looking forward to 2013 we wish to reaffirm our confidence and commitment to NZ’s SME market. Our core strategy of focusing on our Debtor lending products and Transactional trade / stock facilities will continue to allow us to meet many businesses funding requirements.

The one thing I can confirm is that we have been able to assist our new clients fund great growth opportunities. We are also seeing some very positive signs within our portfolio of existing clients so we do hope that this is another positive sign of things to come this year.
 
This focus has allowed us to ensure that we are offering very competitive rates and a continued high level of service. One thing that has not changed however is our ability to offer more flexible facilities than others in our market.
So why not try us out and see what we can do.
 
I would also like to take this opportunity in which to point out our special offer for any successful referrals up to the 31st March 2013 which results in a settled deal. I look forward to being able to deliver one of these items to you in the near future.
Here is hoping that everyone has a great year.
 
Craig Brown
General Manager Lending

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