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Meet the Moneybox Team
Meet the Moneybox Team
Moneybox Home Loans & Insurance was established in 2004. Our philosophy has always been to be positively different. Our look and feel is contemporary and edgy.Our fresh approach and pioneering spirit ensures we never lose sight of our customer focus. We have a team culture that is committed to delivering the best lending and insurance solutions to customers at a time when significant change is going on in their lives.
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Marcella moved from her home town in Holland, to live in New Zealand, in 2009. Marcella joined the Moneybox team in 2010, and provides outstanding customer focussed support to the Insurance team.
Marcella's understanding of business and insurance processes along with her strong organisational, interpersonal and time management skills and her ability to prioritise effectively gives her the aptitude to provide an exceptional level of service to Moneybox's clients and Insurance Advisers.
Catherine is responsible for ensuring Moneybox's Management and Mortgage and Insurance Advisers have the ability to provide outstanding and excellent customer service to all clients. Catherine is responsible for providing the Moneybox team with necessary resources, processes and administrative support required to fulfil the demands of their individual roles. Catherine understands that professionalism, attention to detail, being organised, flexible and responsive, and understanding the business and the needs of individuals is critical to Moneybox being a successful business.
Catherine's spare time is spent with her husband and their two young children and with family and friends.
Katie Knight - Personal Assistant and Lending Administrator
Katie provides administrative support to Moneybox's Management and Lending teams.
Having been with Moneybox for a number of years, Katie has a thorough understanding and knowledge of the insurance and lending industry which allows her to provide exceptional support to Moneybox's Management and Lending team.
Courtney Strom
A bubbly, friendly personality and strong communication skills, combined with an honest commitment to customer service and satisfaction are the strengths that Courtney brings to the Moneybox team. She is an extremely organised, energetic "people person" who values relationships and has the ability to think outside the square. Courtney has connections in Auckland and Wellington having lived and completed her schooling and tertiary studies in both cities. After completing her Commerce Degree, Courtney successfully worked for a number of years as a Key Relationship Manager specialising in Business Development in the Printing Industry. She now brings this experience to Moneybox.
Amadee Parker – Insurance Consultant
Amadee Parker specialises in Risk Insurance with particular emphasis on Life and Disability covers. Coming from a background that includes 2 years as a commission sales person with AMP, Amadee has a sound background in the Insurance business.
Elna Botha - General Insurance Adviser
Elna has been in the General Insurance industry for over 11 years. She started out as a data capturer at an Insurance Broker in South Africa at the age of 18 and was shortly promoted to senior underwriter. In the years following she expanded her areas of expertise and worked as a Broker Consultant/Commercial Sales Consultant/Claims Advisor and spent 2 years as an Insurance Assessor.
Paula Wood – Lending Adviser
A combination of employment and life experiences has provided a background that well equips Paula to meet the challenges of assisting her clients through the diversity of borrowing options available to them. Paula has travelled extensively, studied and attained a Commerce Degree and has had work experience in sales, administration and customer services positions.Matt Ingerson – Mortgage Broker & Insurance Specialist
Matt is a Moneybox Mortgage and Insurance Adviser with 5 years' experience in the financial services industry. He is a "one stop shop" for anyone involved in the acquisition of property, in that he handles both facets of the Moneybox business; Mortgage Brokering and providing Insurance solutions. With 10 years in retail sales, Matt appreciates the need to provide first class customer service and strives to do that in his current role. Matt has completed a NZ Diploma in Business and prior to joining Moneybox, he worked for 2 years as an Insurance Broker in a family insurance business. All in all, a diversified but well-rounded background for the financial services industry.
Andy Bell - Insurance Adviser
In the business world, communication is the name of the game and no one appreciates the importance of this more than Andy Bell. Andy has had a recent career change of direction after seventeen years in the telecommunications industry and is specializing in the insurance side of the Moneybox operation. One thing is for sure and that is that Andy will maintain close lines of communication with his clients!
Dharmesh Lala - Lending Manager
With the benefit of a banking career, a further 6 years in mortgage brokering and a BCA degree from Victoria University, Dharmesh Lala has bought to Moneybox a background of experience that has been invaluable to him and to the company. This experience combined with the profile of Moneybox has ensured that his expertise is keenly sought by a large and growing number of clients and he has established a reputation for achieving some outstanding loan arrangements for these clients.
John Cameron - General Manager
John is a financial services industry veteran with over 20 years experience.
Joining National Mutual as a life insurance agent in the late eighties, John was a founding shareholder of Cameron Chote Financial Services. Cameron Chote and Tommy's Real Estate joined forces in 2004 to launch Moneybox - Home Loans and Insurance.