CDD Outsourcing was formed by Karen Jackson of Lifestyle Finance and Nick Kearney of Schnauer and Co, with the aim to provide our clients with complete support in managing their CDD compliance requirements. Simply let us take care of this time-consuming and arduous compliance, while you, your agents and their vendors focus on their core roles of listing, marketing and selling.

Our service is prompt and efficient, delivering quicker processing times for you and your vendors. All the work is done by experienced AML Compliance Officers who will certify when CDD is complete. Ultimately, we take care of all the paperwork giving you the comfort knowing that the compliance work is completed by a professional legal team, leaving you to focus on what you do best.

We’ve also been recognised for our expertise in the Real Estate compliance space, by AML specialist AML Solutions. We’ve partnering with AML Solutions to handle all their Real Estate related outsourced CDD services. We’re the official outsourced CDD partner and as such we are exclusively embedded in their AMLHub.

If you’d like to know more about our AML support services, please reach out to one of our team.

Karen Jackson, Director

Karen is the founder and Managing Director of Real Estate marketing finance specialist, Lifestyle Finance. With nearly 25-years of experience in the industry, it’s fair to say that Karen knows finance. So, it should come as no surprise that Karen soon identified the potential difficulties Real Estate Agencies (and their Agents) were going to have when managing the AML legislation that came into force in NZ in January 2019.

Her experience in the finance industry, plus many years recently focused on the Real Estate industry in particular, make Karen invaluable support for any Agency wanting to manage their CDD obligations seamlessly.

When she’s not arranging great finance deals for her clients, or managing their AML risk, you’re likely to find Karen running a marathon. Or training for the next one.

Nick Kearney, Director

Nick has been a practicing Barrister and Solicitor for almost 19 years and is a Director of Schnauer and Co.  Nick is a former police officer, and spent a few years investigating serious and organised crime.  Nick graduated with a Bachelor of Laws at Auckland University in 2001 and then worked at the firm for three years before venturing into the bright lights of the City, where he worked for some large and medium sized firms.  Nick subsequently returned to Schnauer and Co in 2009 and became a Director in 2014. He completed his Masters degree in 2017, which was a major thesis on the use of caveat emptor in real estate transactions.

Nick acts for a varied range of property clients and has written and taught in this area also. He also has vast experience with commercial and trust matters, which frequently become inter-related with the property work he does.

Amanda Sutcliffe, General Manager

Amanda joins us with a wealth of sales and marketing experience, including developing and running campaigns for real estate developments, other financial institutions and brands such as Air New Zealand, Tourism Queensland, the Auckland Homeshow and Jet Star.  Her most recent experience is as an Account Director for Grand – a boutique digital agency. 

In her role as Sales Manager, Amanda oversees our sales planning and our marketing campaigns.  She also calls many of the agents personally to ensure we are consistently providing the highest levels of service possible.

After hours is all about family and pets for Amanda, she has 2 older boys, 2 cats, 2 dogs but only 1 husband at this stage.

Kelly Lamont, Training and Account Senior Manager

Kelly heads up our compliance team ensuring that we have all your AML compliance needs covered – including following up with you for any other information that we might need.

Over the past 15 years she has worked within the banking and finance industry in both New Zealand and Australia. She has worked through the implementation of the AML/CFT changes in 2013 from both a front line and compliance perspective. 

When she has some spare time, Kelly enjoys spending it with her young family and playing netball.

Sarah Rust, Operations Team Leader

Sarah is perhaps the most important person in our organization.  Overseeing the compliance team, she ensures your files are processed with the highest levels of efficiency.  Keeping the team updated with technological and legislative changes as well as ongoing training and development are also part of her varied role. 

On the weekend you’ll probably find Sarah walking her dog at a favourite Kiwi beach, or spending some quality time with friends and family.

Debbie Drazek, AML Compliance Officer

Debbie joined the CDD Outsourcing team after 21 years of Real Estate Industry experience - which includes working as the PA to Martin Cooper. It should come as no surprise then that Debbie is a superstar at managing all the little details, while making sure that deadlines are kept well in hand. As a mother of four, multitasking is second nature, so when it comes to CDD administration, with Debbie, you’re in great hands.

When she’s not flat out with work or the kids, Debbie likes to keep herself busy; entertaining friends, enjoying the outdoors, attending music festivals, often with a glass of champagne! In the rare moments of downtime, you might find her reading, or shopping for shoes. Or reading about shoes.

Chris Sutcliffe, AML Compliance Officer

Chris has joined our team was a fresh set of eyes and attention to detail. Chris has vast management experience in the aviation industry over the last 20 years. With the upheaval of Covid-19 it provided a great opportunity for him to change careers into the compliance industry reviewing company policies and advising management on possible system risks.

You will find Chris always willing to help no matter what your compliance needs entails and whenever he is not completing risk assessments as a Compliance Officer you will find him relaxing on the weekends kayaking on the Hauraki Gulf, running the dogs or spending time with his wife and teenage boys.

Emily Kai Fong, AML Compliance Support Officer

Emily is the new addition to our growing team.  She has a Bachelor in Property and a strong background in customer service.   This means that you can rest assured knowing that Emily will look after your vendors with experience and knowledge.

Her weekends are filled with trying new things resin art, alcohol ink art, woodworking, macramé and she loves a good book.  If she isn’t up-skilling herself with new hobbies, Emily will be out on the road enjoying the freedom that only riding a motorbike provides.