Gus Mendez
CEO and Director

Gus has experience in business management, finance, capital raising, marketing, accounting and financial planning. He has an amazing knowledge of the Australian mortgage market - from marketing, sales, products, risk management and credit risk analysis, to strategy and compliance. He also has an impressive track record in mortgage management and is well regarded by industry peers.

Rod Johnson
CIO and Director

Rod has vast experience in developing technology solutions for financial institutions including network design, systems development, implementation and management. As head of IT and experience in mortgage operations, Rod has developed a unique automated point-of-sale origination and loan management system.

Peter Whelan
Head of Risk and Operations

Peter has more than 20 years experience with major financial institutions and mortgage insurers in various roles from processing, customer service, and over the past 15 years has held senior roles in credit assessment and risk management.

Craig Brindle
Business Services Manager

Craig has held various positions in the mortgage service industry for the last 8 years with experience in product development, customer service, processing and intermediary training. Craig is an expert in product specifications, financial transactions and facilities.

Kerri Leikvold
Head of Customer Experience

Kerrie's key focus is the customer experience. She has more than 20 years experience in arrears management, credit control and customer service across a variety of industries and products. She has held senior roles in major financial institutions.

Lorraine Lyford
National Sales Manager

Lorraine has brought a wealth of experience to her role with LSA.With over 30 years experience in the Financial Industry. Over 20 years in the mortgage industry, holding senior roles in branch management, credit and business development. Lorraine also worked with one of the largest aggregators in NSW.Prior to taking on her current role Lorraine worked as a mortgage broker for 6 years.