Next stop: Innovation

How did it feel to nail that big deal, one year into your role?

I’m absolutely thrilled. It’s a fabulous fit for us. Fidelity Life is a Kiwi business and we’ve focused on looking after Kiwis. The Super Fund has the same ethos. They are all about enabling Kiwis to have a strong investment pathway from a Super perspective. We’re both very aligned in our whole ethos around helping New Zealanders.

How important was it for the company to get that capital injection at this stage of its life?

It’s no secret that we’ve been growing exponentially over the last couple of years. We’re also very future-focused, and we really needed some further capital to fund our strategy going forward. Given that we’ve got regulatory change on the horizon and all of the changing sands of the industry, it absolutely made sense to get capital in at this time.