How to Lend Money to Strangers

A global career in collections, with Chris Somervell

New Zealand might be forgotten from world maps so often that it’s become a meme, but that didn’t stop today’s guest from taking his career truly global. Chris Somervell’s has worked in eight countries while away from home, predominantly managing collections operations.And that’s what we discuss: lessons learned as technology developed and cultures changed alongside him, and a fundamental reimagining of what it could mean to work in collections.You can find <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-somervell-2a8b3515/">Chris </a>on his LinkedIn page (or out sailing)You can learn more about myself, Brendan le Grange, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/">on my LinkedIn page</a> (and while you're there, send me a connection request)If you have any feedback, questions, or if you would like to participate in the show, please feel free to reach out to me at <a>brendan@howtolendmoneytostrangers.show</a>A full written transcript with timestamps can be found on <a href="https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-12">HowtoLendMoneytoStrangers.Show</a>You can also find my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brendan-le-Grange/e/B013A8R876">pulpy action-adventure novels in all their formats on Amazon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A podcast about lending in all its forms and in all the markets in which it takes place, however diverse those markets may be. In fact, it’s a case of ‘the more diverse the better’ with guests from New York to New Zealand, talking about everything from crypto-backed mortgages to crowd-funded loans for refugees. I am the host, Brendan le Grange, and I have spent the last twenty years working in - or alongside - lenders across Africa, Asia, and Europe and I’ll be using that experience to find and learn from industry insiders in a series of weekly interviews. Sometimes, those interviews discuss the inspiration behind a new start-up, sometimes they look back at a career spent at the lending coal face, and sometimes they explore where the latest technologies might take us. In the end, if it shapes a lending decision, we’ll talk about how. You can join us every Thursday here, or wherever you prefer to find your podcasts. And you can find written transcripts and more content can be found at www.HowToLendMoneytoStrangers.show Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.