After graduating from The University of Queensland with a business degree, Daniel quickly climbed the ranks at Cash Converters International (ASX:CCV). By 2010, at the age of 23, he managed the national online lending arm of the company in Australia and was instrumental in its expansion into the UK market, spending parts of 2011 and 2012 on the ground.
It was during his time in the more advanced UK lending market that the founding vision to launch Jacaranda Finance was formed, noticing the rapid adoption of digital lending. Since 2014, when Daniel launched Jacaranda Finance, he has been the company's Chief Executive Officer.
In 2021, Jacaranda Finance landed a spot in the Australian Financial Review Fast 100 list and has won many awards. Daniel himself has won awards, including the BNA Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finance, Professional Services) for 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, as well as ranking in the top 100 Young Entrepreneurs in Australia from 2018 to 2023.
Andrew is a seasoned executive with a passion for driving innovation and creating world-class products. As the Chief Product Officer at Jacaranda Finance, Andrew's main objective is to be cost-effective and efficient. Andrew also plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's product strategy and overseeing the entire product development lifecycle.
With over ten years of experience in the technology and product management space, Andrew has a proven track record of delivering high-impact, customer-centric solutions. He is known for his ability to bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, ensuring that products not only meet market demands but also drive sustainable growth.
Joshua Wessels is a seasoned executive with a robust commercial acumen, dedicated to driving growth and profitability at Jacaranda Finance. As the Chief Commercial Officer, Joshua excels in identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities, streamlining operations, and implementing strategic initiatives. His expertise spans various aspects of the business, ensuring that Jacaranda Finance remains at the forefront of the consumer lending industry in Australia.
Tim Kuusik is an accomplished executive leader with deep experience in operational transformation, strategy, and commercial growth across technology, financial services, and consulting. As Jacaranda Finance’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim partners closely with the CEO to ensure the business runs as a high-performance engine — scalable, reliable, and always moving forward.
Before joining Jacaranda Finance, Tim held senior roles with NCS Group, Arq Group and EY, where he led large-scale integrations, operational transformations, and cultural change initiatives across large businesses. His leadership was instrumental in delivering significant growth, streamlining operations, and embedding data-driven decision-making to support long-term strategy.
Tim holds an MBA from the University of Queensland. He is also a Chartered Accountant, with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts (Music).
Alex Rayner is an accomplished growth and marketing leader with close to two decades of experience driving measurable revenue growth and customer impact across financial services, insurance, telecommunications, entertainment and private equity-backed organisations in Australia and the United Kingdom. As Head of Growth & Marketing, Alex leads Jacaranda Finance's growth strategy, customer acquisition, brand and marketing functions.
Alex has held senior marketing leadership roles with organisations including Busy Bees Early Learning, RSL Queensland's Prize Home Lottery, Bank of Queensland and Sky UK, where he led high-performing teams and delivered data-driven growth in highly regulated environments. His expertise spans growth strategy, customer acquisition and retention, brand, product marketing, customer experience, marketing technology and analytics.
Ashleigh has spent more than 15 years in customer-focused roles within the finance industry. Before joining Jacaranda Finance, she gained valuable experience at Latitude and Cash Converters. As Head of Hardship & Resolutions, Ashleigh leads the teams responsible for hardship, complaints, insolvency and customer resolutions, ensuring customers experiencing financial difficulty receive fair, compassionate and timely support. Her focus is on delivering positive customer outcomes while maintaining strong regulatory compliance and operational excellence. She also serves as Chair of the Resolutions Committee.
With over 20 years of experience in Risk, Compliance and Governance within the finance industry, Janine brings extensive expertise in regulatory compliance, audit oversight and risk management. As Head of Compliance & Audit, she leads the Group's compliance and audit function, ensuring strong governance frameworks, effective internal controls and adherence to regulatory obligations across all Jacaranda Finance entities. Janine also serves as Chair of the Compliance Committee and holds the formal appointments of Group Privacy Officer and AML/CTF Officer across the Jacaranda Finance Group.
At Jacaranda Finance, our people are our most valuable asset. Julia is at the forefront of nurturing our exceptional team.
Julia has had previous experience within the Professional Services sector and brings extensive experience and a passion for building a vibrant, fun and inclusive workplace culture. Julia is the driving force behind our People initiatives, she is dedicated to recruiting top talent, developing career pathways, and ensuring that our team is supported in their career journey. She understands that a motivated and engaged workforce is essential to our success.
Matt is an accomplished technology leader with more than 15 years of experience in software engineering, digital product development and technology operations. Having spent the past six years building and scaling technology solutions within the Jacaranda Finance ecosystem, Matt has played a key role in the development of the platforms, systems and automation capabilities that support the business today.
His unique background in both technology leadership and aviation has shaped a disciplined, problem-solving approach focused on reliability, continuous improvement and exceptional customer outcomes.
With almost a decade of lending and credit experience, Ryan is a foundation member of the Jacaranda Finance team and has played a key role in the company's growth and evolution. As Head of Lending, Ryan leads the end-to-end lending function, overseeing credit assessment, lending strategy, portfolio quality and responsible lending outcomes across the business.
Ryan is responsible for leading a high-performing team of credit professionals focused on delivering fast, fair and customer-centric lending decisions while maintaining strong credit quality and regulatory compliance. He also serves as Chair of the Credit Risk Committee, providing oversight of credit risk appetite, lending performance, policy governance and emerging portfolio trends.
George brings a wealth of experience from a successful career in consumer lending to Jacaranda Finance. Previously serving as a Business Development Manager at Plenti and Connective Home Loans, he is now entrusted with the mission of creating value for our partners and enhancing our products to better serve our customers.
After his role as Manager of Search & Analytics at Cover-More Group, Nick joined Jacaranda Finance with 10 years of experience. He is responsible for developing, executing, and optimising cutting-edge campaigns from conception to launch in both Paid Media and CRO.
After graduating from The University of Queensland with a business degree, Daniel quickly climbed the ranks at Cash Converters International (ASX:CCV). By 2010, at the age of 23, he managed the national online lending arm of the company in Australia and was instrumental in its expansion into the UK market, spending parts of 2011 and 2012 on the ground.
It was during his time in the more advanced UK lending market that the founding vision to launch Jacaranda Finance was formed, noticing the rapid adoption of digital lending. Since 2014, when Daniel launched Jacaranda Finance, he has been the company's Chief Executive Officer.
In 2021, Jacaranda Finance landed a spot in the Australian Financial Review Fast 100 list and has won many awards. Daniel himself has won awards, including the BNA Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finance, Professional Services) for 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, as well as ranking in the top 100 Young Entrepreneurs in Australia from 2018 to 2023.
Andrew is a seasoned executive with a passion for driving innovation and creating world-class products. As the Chief Product Officer at Jacaranda Finance, Andrew's main objective is to be cost-effective and efficient. Andrew also plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's product strategy and overseeing the entire product development lifecycle.
With over ten years of experience in the technology and product management space, Andrew has a proven track record of delivering high-impact, customer-centric solutions. He is known for his ability to bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, ensuring that products not only meet market demands but also drive sustainable growth.
Joshua Wessels is a seasoned executive with a robust commercial acumen, dedicated to driving growth and profitability at Jacaranda Finance. As the Chief Commercial Officer, Joshua excels in identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities, streamlining operations, and implementing strategic initiatives. His expertise spans various aspects of the business, ensuring that Jacaranda Finance remains at the forefront of the consumer lending industry in Australia.
Tim Kuusik is an accomplished executive leader with deep experience in operational transformation, strategy, and commercial growth across technology, financial services, and consulting. As Jacaranda Finance’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim partners closely with the CEO to ensure the business runs as a high-performance engine — scalable, reliable, and always moving forward.
Before joining Jacaranda Finance, Tim held senior roles with NCS Group, Arq Group and EY, where he led large-scale integrations, operational transformations, and cultural change initiatives across large businesses. His leadership was instrumental in delivering significant growth, streamlining operations, and embedding data-driven decision-making to support long-term strategy.
Tim holds an MBA from the University of Queensland. He is also a Chartered Accountant, with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts (Music).
Ashleigh has spent more than 15 years in customer-focused roles within the finance industry. Before joining Jacaranda Finance, she gained valuable experience at Latitude and Cash Converters. As Head of Hardship & Resolutions, Ashleigh leads the teams responsible for hardship, complaints, insolvency and customer resolutions, ensuring customers experiencing financial difficulty receive fair, compassionate and timely support. Her focus is on delivering positive customer outcomes while maintaining strong regulatory compliance and operational excellence. She also serves as Chair of the Resolutions Committee.
At Jacaranda Finance, our people are our most valuable asset. Julia is at the forefront of nurturing our exceptional team.
Julia has had previous experience within the Professional Services sector and brings extensive experience and a passion for building a vibrant, fun and inclusive workplace culture. Julia is the driving force behind our People initiatives, she is dedicated to recruiting top talent, developing career pathways, and ensuring that our team is supported in their career journey. She understands that a motivated and engaged workforce is essential to our success.
With almost a decade of lending and credit experience, Ryan is a foundation member of the Jacaranda Finance team and has played a key role in the company's growth and evolution. As Head of Lending, Ryan leads the end-to-end lending function, overseeing credit assessment, lending strategy, portfolio quality and responsible lending outcomes across the business.
Ryan is responsible for leading a high-performing team of credit professionals focused on delivering fast, fair and customer-centric lending decisions while maintaining strong credit quality and regulatory compliance. He also serves as Chair of the Credit Risk Committee, providing oversight of credit risk appetite, lending performance, policy governance and emerging portfolio trends.
George brings a wealth of experience from a successful career in consumer lending to Jacaranda Finance. Previously serving as a Business Development Manager at Plenti and Connective Home Loans, he is now entrusted with the mission of creating value for our partners and enhancing our products to better serve our customers.
After his role as Manager of Search & Analytics at Cover-More Group, Nick joined Jacaranda Finance with 10 years of experience. He is responsible for developing, executing, and optimising cutting-edge campaigns from conception to launch in both Paid Media and CRO.
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