Goodwins Managing Director, Catherine Goodwin, ignited her passion for Real Estate in 2005, leaving her career as a London-based solicitor, to return home and join the Goodwin’s family-owned and independently operated Real Estate Agency. Catherine started from the ground-up, first accepting a role as a Property Manager. Learning the ropes and displaying her clear talent for leadership and advocacy, Catherine was promoted into an Operations Management role, then appointed as General Manager before becoming its Chief Executive Officer in November 2018.Catherine is a nationally recognised industry leader, awarded New Zealand’s Manager of the Year 2021 (across all real estate disciplines) by the New Zealand Real Estate Institute.Catherine successfully completed her Post Graduate Study at the University of Massey (Albany Campus) in 2008, to achieve status of Associate to the Real Estate Institute of NZ. As a Licensee Agent, Catherine holds the highest of New Zealand's three classes of real estate licence. Catherine leads Goodwins’ sales team in her role of Supervising Officer, and Agency Compliance Manager.Genuinely a nurturing person, it is important to Catherine to stay true to herself, as well as ensure that from an operational perspective, that every policy, process, and technology implemented is delivering on expectation to both staff and clients. Catherine was featured by Seven Sharp – for interview on Executive fully furnished property/Opportunities for Auckland Property Investors; and, is regularly contacted by writers and journalists from the likes of TradeMe, One Roof, and others for commentary.Catherine has been proudly mentored by her father, Ashley Goodwin – an industry veteran, who will celebrate 50 years in the service of Auckland’s real estate industry in 2023! “Relationship with our clients is built on a proven track-record” says, Catherine. “We believe passionately that our longevity of success in such a highly competitive industry is achieved through every member of our team embracing the very high expectations we set, together”.