Kim's specialty topics
Top Adviser & Brokerage Rankings Non-Bank & Specialist Lending Adviser-Lender Relationships Mortgage Industry Workplace Culture DE&I & Female Leadership in Mortgage Advice
Kim Champion is Senior Writer of Special Reports for New Zealand Adviser, where she covers the advisers, brokerages, and market forces shaping New Zealand's mortgage advice industry. Her reporting spans top adviser and brokerage rankings, non-bank and specialist lending, adviser relationships with lenders including Pepper Money, and the leaders and organizations, including female leaders, setting the standard across the profession. She's driven by curiosity about what makes these leaders and firms excellent at what they do, and by the challenge of telling their stories well. Kim brings over two decades of journalism experience to the role, including B2B special reports and sponsored content across the legal, insurance, mortgage, human resources, and financial sectors. As a founding reporter for a digital-first community news outlet, part of one of Canada's largest hyperlocal news networks, she set the editorial tone for its local journalism, pairing storytelling that celebrated the community with hard-hitting coverage of issues such as homelessness and poverty. Prior to that, she led award-winning newsrooms from Parry Sound to York Region, setting the gold standard for enterprise reporting in local politics, and her own agenda-setting work in community journalism earned two provincial news awards for editorial writing within a five-year span, along with regional and international recognition. She is known for producing high-impact industry coverage that pairs data and expert insight with compelling storytelling. A love of community and a desire to help make it better anchor her volunteer work, particularly with the Spelling Bee of Canada.
How I think about writing for this industry…
“I have the best job in the world, getting on a call with someone who's spent decades becoming excellent at what they do, and hearing them think out loud about how they got there. It's my privilege to be trusted with those conversations, and I’m thrilled to give the reader a seat at that table, too.”
Also published by
Insurance Business Canada · Insurance Business Asia · Human Resources Director Canada · Human Resources Director Australia · Sudbury Northern Life · YorkRegion.com · Canadian Mortgage Professional · MPA - Mortgage Professional America · Canadian Lawyer · Guelph Today · Barrie Today · NewmarketToday · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Bradford News · MidlandToday
