Finance Now Ltd
Rowena Davenport CMInstD is an accomplished independent director currently serving at Finance Now Ltd and AWS Legal since May 2025. In addition, Davenport has been a director at the New Zealand Rugby Foundation since June 2022 and a branch committee member for the Institute of Directors in New Zealand since April 2023. As a director/principal of The Side Step since January 2023 and previously the chief credit officer at MTF Finance from February 2023 to January 2025, Davenport brings extensive experience in governance and management. Notably, Davenport chaired the People, Safety & Wellbeing Committee at New Zealand Rugby from April 2022 to January 2025 and has been part of the Audit, Risk & Investment Committee at Gallaway Cook Allan Lawyers from June 2021 to February 2023. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Otago, further executive education in Business Administration and Management from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and completing the Company Directors’ Course at the Institute of Directors in New Zealand in 2015.
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Finance Now Ltd
Finance Now was founded in 2000 to provide people like you with personal, quick, hassle-free financial products and services. From retail to personal loans (secured or unsecured) to business solutions, we've developed a wide range of finance products to suit your needs - whatever they may be. Over 530,000 Kiwis have trusted us to see them right. With Finance Now, you can be sure you're dealing with an organsiation that knows and understands the needs of real Kiwis. We’re a local company, 100% owned and operated by Kiwis – and proud of it. You can contact our team with any questions you may have. Our parent company is SBS Bank (formerly the Southland Building Society), like ourselves, puts people first. Established in 1869, it is the first building society in the world to have achieved bank registration while retaining its mutual structure. The SBS Group has assets of $4 billion.