DEBT FREE

A business built around protecting fellow Kiwi businesses

Our goal at Debt Free is simple, we aim to help prevent loss and protect New Zealand businesses through implementing best practice documentation that is guaranteed to be enforceable along with essential services like credit checking and security interests, which significantly safeguard against losses while trading. We have a fundamentally different approach to debt collection, we want you to avoid having debts in the first place and put best practice systems in place before you need to rely on them.

We are fascinated by how many great businesses are born in Aotearoa. They are the backbone of our economy, and we are here to protect you. We understand that for New Zealand to do well, we need to ensure our businesses can grow and flourish while avoiding all the losses, time wastage and reduced productivity that come with debts, liquidations and challenging situations that weren’t planned for.

Here to help businesses be better

As a New Zealand owned and operated company, we genuinely care and want to help fellow local businesses.

All our business documentation is specially designed and tailored around the particular business we are working with. We love to get to know our clientele and what makes their company so special and create tailored clauses by working with our very experienced legal team.

Unlike other companies in the business documentation industry, we guarantee our documentation will hold up in any New Zealand court, or we will refund you.

We also maintain regular contact with you and will provide one year’s advance notice on any law changes that may affect business in the future so that your business is always compliant with current laws.

It is a pleasure to see our clients being able to operate in complete confidence, knowing that their documentation protects them from unnecessary risks. That is what we want for all New Zealand businesses!

OUR TEAM

We are a team of specialists with experience from working with over ten thousand businesses.

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MARK MCLACHLAN
Director

Mark is an expert with ten years of experience dealing exclusively with business documentation and credit management processes. He has completed a New Zealand Certificate in Financial Services Level 5 qualification and consulted with thousands of companies, saving his clients millions.

Mark founded Debt Free in 2021 as he is passionate about helping New Zealand companies to succeed and flourish by getting paid their hard-earned money while avoiding typical issues faced in their industry. He has immense knowledge of real-life cases and how tailored credit management processes can prevent debt, address the unique demands of a wide range of industries, and remove risks and liabilities relevant to business activities.

Attending association and organisation speeches, Mark is a respected figure in the credit management industry and is a member of the New Zealand credit and finance institute.

[email protected] | 021 283 9027

Rana searle
Office Manager

Rana started as an Office Manager when she was only a teenager and has extensive experience across many different industries, including building, horticulture and healthcare. She is a great communicator, an avid list maker, and always plans things well in advance.

Rana is super helpful, caring and kind and is a perfectionist when it comes to documentation. She has an incredible eye for detail and thrives on getting stuck in and succeeding. Rana prides herself on being people-focused, loves motivating others to be their best and always puts her client’s needs first as she genuinely cares and wants the best outcome.

Rana is always smiling, has a proven track record, is a natural-born leader who loves managing a team and genuinely loves to help whenever and wherever she can. She is passionate about our purpose to make sure New Zealand businesses flourish and grow. Rana loves being able to help the people behind those businesses feel safe and secure to succeed and is a big part of the Debt Free team.

[email protected] | 0212226425

Josh Whitehouse
South Island Manager

Growing up in Taranaki, Josh worked in business consulting for eight years, delivering successful solutions to his clients before relocating to Christchurch and joining Debt Free in early 2022 to look after the beautiful South Island.

Josh is a trusted and valued team member specialising in business documentation, business development, credit management and account management. He has helped the companies he consulted with to implement best practice credit management processes and saved individual clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. Josh entered this space for one reason, his absolute love and adoration for people and a passion for helping others to achieve greatness in business and life.

Josh’s business motto is “there is untapped greatness in all of us. Sometimes we just need a little help to cultivate it.”

[email protected].nz0272722132

 

Greg Kidd
South Auckland Manager

Greg brings over three decades of diverse professional experience to his role as Auckland Regional Manager at Debt Free. With a background spanning technology, insurance, luxury hospitality, design and building housing, and agricultural research, Greg possesses a unique skill set that uniquely equips him to tackle business challenges.

As the former New Zealand Manager of an insurance company, Greg showcased exceptional leadership and business acumen. His tenure managing a 5-star resort saw him driving marketing and sales efforts, significantly boosting occupancy rates and enhancing the resort’s global reputation.

Greg’s experience in designing and building housing has honed his understanding of people’s needs and the intricacies of the construction industry. His background as a science technician at New Zealand’s leading agricultural research centre further enhances his expertise in implementing innovative practices and problem-solving.

With a strategic mindset and hands-on experience, Greg is adept at providing tailored solutions to address businesses’ unique needs. Committed to empowering businesses to achieve financial resilience and long-term success, Greg brings invaluable insight and expertise to his role at Debt Free.

[email protected] | 021 409 788

David Owen
North Auckland Manager
With over twenty years in sales and marketing, David has been fortunate to transition his skill set across several different industries, including small and large enterprises. He has experience working within B2B and B2C roles and is extremely client-focused.

David’s strengths are active listening and understanding of his client’s needs, which allow him to tailor a solution that suits them, meeting their pain points while supporting the value they need for their business.

Communication in all forms is crucial in this, and David’s consultative approach can build and maintain great relationships. David has completed training courses in consultative sales internationally and in New Zealand. 
 
David’s track record demonstrates his effective success in growth in business development, and he is happy to be a very valued part of the team at Debt Free.

[email protected] | 021 049 9884

Nick Kerr
Upper North Island Manager

Nick Kerr is a business documentation and credit management expert with 16 years of real-world experience. Nick has worked with over 10,000 businesses during his career to set up best-practice credit management systems and saved clients millions of dollars. Nick prides himself on having a deep understanding of multiple industries and business types along with their individual credit management requirements. He is a sought-after business speaker and author in New Zealand and Australia, combining sound business advice with best practice solutions delivered with case-based examples. 

After spending 15 years with a large corporate credit management agency, Nick joined forces with Debt Free NZ in 2022. “I joined Debt Free as they were the only company in New Zealand that I could find that understood the credit environment and had the confidence to offer a guarantee on the terms they provide. The fact that Debt Free gives its clients access to industry-leading terms, real-world best practice advice and the most advanced credit checking tools available made the move a no-brainer. My clients rely on me to give them what they need for their business, and only the best will do for my clients”. 

Nick is a licenced private investigator specialising in debtor behaviour analysis and fraud investigation, this allows nick to offer his clients more in-depth training and analysis into client/debtor behaviour and how to tailor the credit management system to best work with the business’s client types. 

Nick is a full member of the New Zealand credit and finance institute and the World association of professional investigators and consults with many Industry boards around the country. 

[email protected] | 021876527

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[email protected] | 0212839027

JOSH WHITEHOUSE
South Island Manager

Growing up in Taranaki, Josh worked in business consulting for eight years, delivering successful solutions to his clients before relocating to Christchurch and joining Debt Free in early 2022 to look after the beautiful South Island.

Josh is a trusted and valued team member specialising in business documentation, business development, credit management and account management. He has helped the companies he consulted with to implement best practice credit management processes and saved individual clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. Josh entered this space for one reason, his absolute love and adoration for people and a passion for helping others to achieve greatness in business and life.

Josh’s business motto is “there is untapped greatness in all of us. Sometimes we just need a little help to cultivate it.”

[email protected].nz | 0272722132

RANA SEARLE
Office Manager

Rana started as an Office Manager when she was only a teenager and has extensive experience across many different industries, including building, horticulture and healthcare. She is a great communicator, an avid list maker, and always plans things well in advance.

Rana is super helpful, caring and kind and is a perfectionist when it comes to documentation. She has an incredible eye for detail and thrives on getting stuck in and succeeding. Rana prides herself on being people-focused, loves motivating others to be their best and always puts her client’s needs first as she genuinely cares and wants the best outcome.

Rana is always smiling, has a proven track record, is a natural-born leader who loves managing a team and genuinely loves to help whenever and wherever she can. She is passionate about our purpose to make sure New Zealand businesses flourish and grow. Rana loves being able to help the people behind those businesses feel safe and secure to succeed and is a big part of the Debt Free team.

[email protected] | 0212226425

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Brooke Ahern
Lower North Island Manager

Based on the Kapiti Coast in Wellington, with over ten years of success as a strategic, hands-on leader, Brooke Ahern brings a wealth of experience over his career, driving innovative revenue growth and profitability for his organisations. As Brooke progressed through his career, he developed a reputation for being creative and executing high-profile product marketing and growth strategies. These have significantly impacted an organisation’s bottom line.

After ten years of management experience ranging from business development manager to chief revenue officer for a large company, Brooke joined Debt Free Limited in 2022 after observing and experiencing the difficulties in obtaining and managing business documentation. Brooke saw an opportunity to provide New Zealand businesses with industry-leading credit-checking tools and documentation they need to mitigate/prevent future risk.

Brooke has a proven record of going above and beyond for his clients, and we are excited to have him a part of the team here at Debt Free

[email protected] | 0212262563

Mark McLachlan
Director

Mark is an expert with ten years of experience dealing exclusively with business documentation and credit management processes. He has completed a New Zealand Certificate in Financial Services Level 5 qualification and consulted with thousands of companies, saving his clients millions.

Mark founded Debt Free in 2021 as he is passionate about helping New Zealand companies to succeed and flourish by getting paid their hard-earned money while avoiding typical issues faced in their industry. He has immense knowledge of real-life cases and how tailored credit management processes can prevent debt, address the unique demands of a wide range of industries, and remove risks and liabilities relevant to business activities.

Attending association and organisation speeches, Mark is a respected figure in the credit management industry and is a member of the New Zealand credit and finance institute.

[email protected].nz | 021 283 9027

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