Our People

Neil is a founding shareholder and director of Mainstay, established in 2000 following many years providing insurance advice to companies in New Zealand and the UK. 

Neil specialises in advice to the owners/shareholders of small and medium-sized businesses, and in particular, structuring insurance programs that protect business owners and their families, their businesses, and their employees.

He is now working on his own succession plan with Shai, and his daughter Nicola.

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Shai is a director at Mainstay and provides advice on business and personal insurance.  He enjoys how insurance can help people when they need it most and is a strong believer of the importance and positive impact insurance can have when life doesn’t go to plan.

Shai joined Mainstay in 2019 and successfully ran his own adviser firm, Insure NZ, for 11 years prior to this. He holds a law degree and understands that at claim time all that matters is what is written in your contract between yourself and the insurer – making sure that you are paying for something that works for you at claim time.

Shai moved to New Zealand from the UK in 2003, and now resides in Auckland with his wife and two young children. He loves fishing, biking, and generally enjoying New Zealand and what it offers.

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Nicola is both an adviser and the administration manager at Mainstay. She enjoys the client facing and advice aspects of her role as well as the variety that comes with office administration.

Coming from a background in retail & hospitality management, Nicola has a decade of client service experience behind her. Before returning home to Auckland after a three-year OE in London she was managing the flagship store of one of the UK’s most successful confectionery companies. Nicola has also spent time in office administration roles in both London & Auckland.

Outside of Mainstay, Nicola has a strong interest in singing and musical theatre and is actively involved with several theatre companies across Auckland, both onstage and off.

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Ruth is our Administrative Assistant with almost ten years’ experience supporting executive teams from an array of different industries. She specialises in administrative technology and is responsible for updating and maintaining our customer relationship management software.  

Ruth enjoys using her positive attitude to help others and does everything with a smile!

Julie has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry.