About us
Tim Yeoman
Managing Director
Why did I found Go Lend?
Being an active property investor for the last 15 years I found myself increasingly disappointed with
Minimal cash returns (1.50-3.00%)
Constant tax changes
Uncertainty with resource consent changes
Dealing with complicated/ intensive tenants
Chasing bad debts through the tenancy tribunal
Maintenance of property and repairing tenant damage
Healthy homes and Worksafe costs
On exiting property investing most investment alternatives involved investing my funds into either:
A fund where I had no idea what it was investing in, or
Wholesale investing which I felt didn’t have an adequate license regime I was comfortable with. Wholesale investing also required significant amounts of capital in each single project (it was hard to diversify).
What is important to me?
Transparency
Knowing what you are investing in.
Trust
Having faith that the people involved have proven skill and expertise.
Smart
Having a user friendly and informative platform to assess the risks yourself and track your returns daily.
Choice
Having control of your capital, the return you want, and your diversification level.
With these considerations in mind, I set about establishing the type of investment platform that could deliver these investment pillars for like-minded investors seeking better investment outcomes.
I then went out and found the best qualified people in the industry - specialists in the non-bank lending and investing sector.
Meet the Management Team
Luke Jackson
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)
Luke Jackson’s experience in the New Zealand finance market spans over 28 years. This initially included a background in Corporate, Commercial, and Retail banking within New Zealand major banks.
Over the last decade Luke has been a senior member of the New Zealand non-bank market. Luke was instrumental in pioneering the use of Peer-2-Peer borrowing for secured property loans, where he was CEO of one of the initial platform providers during the early licensing period. More recently Luke has been General Manager of the NZ operation for one of the larger publicly listed Australian non-bank mortgage providers.
Luke believes that with the enhanced IT capabilities that have been developed over recent years, the peer-to-peer marketplace can provide exciting future opportunities for both borrowers and investors.
Ross Brogden
Head of Credit
Ross has been working in the New Zealand non-bank mortgage lending industry for the last 20 years, specifically in roles critical to credit risk analysis and loan management.
He is a long-standing member of the NZ property backed peer-to-peer market, having held positions of Senior Credit Manager for two of the existing NZ providers.
Ross is responsible for ensuring Go Lend is compliant, efficient, making sound lending decisions and maintains a prudent loan book. He is passionate about achieving “win/win” solutions for customers that may not fit mainstream bank lending requirements.
Our mission is to bring higher yielding passive income to everyone.
We do this with easy-to-use investment tools and a straightforward user experience. You choose where your money is invested, and have complete visibility across you entire investment portfolio.
A growing number of kiwis unfortunately know someone who has lost money investing in private credit:
Opaque schemes (the ‘leave it with us, we know what we are doing' crowd)
Funds they thought were doing X when instead they were doing Y
Wholesale investments (which are less regulated and can often be less transparent)
We think kiwis deserve better.
Our investors are the cornerstone of our business.
A strong focus on investors’ expectations, high level of risk management, and innovativeness are the key drivers for us to become one of the most trusted and transparent investment platforms in New Zealand.
