Our Story

Nerida Punter

Marketing & Strategy

Nerida has a Bachelor of International Business, with a marketing major. She has worked in marketing for 20 years with a particular focus on brand marketing, start up branding and marketing strategy.  Nerida is also a graphic designer.  She has owned her own consulting business/s since 2005, working in the legal, financial, industrial and property industries, in between having three children.

Nerida also loves sport and fitness, camping and travelling, great food and good coffee.  Her family will tell you she’s a crazy runner too – with trail ultra marathons being her event of choice!  Matt and Nerida have run the Blackall 100km trail race in the Sunshine Coast hinterland (twice) and done multiple 50km+ events and have spoken about some crazy plans to do longer events down the track (pardon the pun!)

Roger Ruhle

Senior Mortgage Broker

Roger has over 35 years experience working in the finance industry, assisting clients with their lending solutions.  Prior to becoming a mortgage broker, Roger worked as a Senior Relationship Manager and Business Banker with ANZ, based right here on the Sunshine Coast.

Roger is an extremely valued member of The Savings Centre team.  With his kind and compassionate nature, you will feel at ease working with Roger as you purchase your property or look to refinance existing loans.  Rog says he loves all facets of finance, but of particular enjoyment and satisfaction is when dealing with clients buying their first home, particularly the ones that don’t have huge savings.  It is very rewarding.

When Rog is not in the office, he loves golf, fishing and boating, family life and grandkids (perhaps not always in that order!!) He also enjoys watching most sports, especially rugby league and golf.

Sam Gardiner

Senior Mortgage Broker  

Sam has been working in finance for the past 6 years and has been a part of The Savings Centre for over 12 months.  Sam knows our lenders products inside and out and is so adept at remembering  which lenders are offering which products at what rates on any given day.  Quite a skill!

Sam is born and bred on the Sunshine Coast, and has just purchased his first property thanks to some very dedicated budgeting and saving!

Kylie Meredith

Mortgage Broker

Having worked her way up through years of client services, office management and loans administration, Kylie is a Mortgage Broker with exceptional attention to detail and a passion for guiding our customers through the lending journey to make it a stress-free and enjoyable experience. With the dedication to assist clients to be in the best possible financial position and to reach their goals, Kylie creates long term relationships with clients, throughout the loan process and ongoing. Kylie is a member of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia, is a Commissioner for Declarations and holds a Diploma of Finance & Mortgage Broking Management.  Kylie has a passion for music, food and loves cooking. Like most Queenslanders, she also likes to spend any spare time she gets camping and travelling.

Adam McGuinness

Loans Processor

Adam has worked in the finance industry now for seven+ years with multiple brokers, in a support capacity.  Whilst he has great knowledge of general lending, he has also spent some time working in a car dealership as a Business Manager – Finance, so is our go to for car and vehicle finance.  Sunshine Coast born and bred, Adam loves watching all sports particularly AFL, Cricket and Basketball.

Mary Punter

Customer Support

Prior to joining TSC in 2018 Mary worked for 20 years with Qld Health in their Workforce Units. These days Mary manages our front reception, looking after our amazing clients at the front end and also keeping the rest of The Savings Centre team organised with where they need to be, doing what they need to be doing! On her days off, Mary loves to swing a golf club and hang out with her grandkids, rushing from soccer to netball to Nippers on a weekend!