Lendi Group bolsters its Growth leadership team
Lendi Group, one of Australia’s fastest growing fintechs, has made four senior hires in its multi-disciplinary, cross-functional Growth & Experience team.
The group, which owns Aussie Home Loans, is on a mission to be the undisputed destination for Australians to buy and own property.
The senior hires across Content, Product Marketing, Creative and Public Relations, round out the group’s Growth leadership team, led by General Manager, Emily Lonsdale (pictured above).
- Paulie Savant (pictured second from left) joins as Head of Audience and Content.
- Oz Dean (pictured send from right) joins as Creative Studio Lead.
- Govinda Pathak (pictured right) joins as Product Marketing Lead, and;
- Brad Pogson (pictured left) joins as Senior Manager of Public Relations.
Paulie Savant has been supporting high-growth and pre-IPO scale-ups including Koala, hipages, Superhero and freelancerdotcom, as well as global organisations like Disney, Tata Group and BAT to achieve brand, organic and revenue growth for 15+ years. At Lendi Group, Paulie will lead a team of in-house specialists across creative, social, SEO, and content to drive organic growth.
Oz Dean is an award-winning conceptual creative with more than 20 years’ experience across three continents. Oz’s career has been spent working with integrated, creative, social and experiential agencies, where he has worked with brands from Airbnb, Netflix and Heineken to the Mad Max movie franchise. As Creative Lead, Oz will elevate Lendi Group’s creative execution, lead its in-house creative team and collaborate with external partners to drive growth.
Govinda Pathak is a tech entrepreneur with over a decade of experience driving rapid growth for startups and scaleups. Prior to joining Lendi Group, Govi headed marketing for a leading CFD brokerage firm, and before that led growth at Stake, where he was instrumental in helping the company grow to become a leading stock broker. At Lendi Group, he will lead the broker marketing team to empower Aussie’s 1,300+ brokers to generate more business.
Brad Pogson is a strategic PR advisor with 15 years’ experience building and protecting brand reputation. Pogson joins Lendi Group after 10 years in consultancy, including as the New Zealand Managing Director of Porter Novelli, and with the top tech PR firms in London. His work has been recognised by the industry for effectiveness, creativity and crisis management.
Lendi General Manager of Growth, Emily Lonsdale, said of the appointments, “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Paulie, Oz, Govinda and Brad to the Growth leadership team. Their collective experience and diverse skills are essential for this next stage in the Lendi Group story.
“We’re investing heavily in our Aussie brand, and building a suite of incredible experiences to support the customer journey – so it’s a really exciting time for the business, and to have them on board,” Lonsdale said.
Earlier this year, the Emily hired former senior marketer for DoorDash and CMO of Providoor, Michael McCash as its first Head of Customer Growth, and Adam Craig as Website Product Manger. Maria Nenarokova, Product Manager Journeys is also on the Growth Leadership team.
At the time of writing, Lendi’s Group’s Growth & Experience team was actively advertising and hiring two more roles, including:
- Digital Marketing Coordinator, responsible for the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns across digital platforms (such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Microsoft Ads and TikTok).
- Business Analyst, responsible for working across business needs and technical solutions, as part of the website product team.
