David Currie, Province Mortgage Associates Inc. president

GUIDING PRINCIPLES: Province Mortgage Associates Inc. President David Currie attributes his success to hiring well and holding employees accountable. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM
GUIDING PRINCIPLES: Province Mortgage Associates Inc. President David Currie attributes his success to hiring well and holding employees accountable. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Leaders & Achievers 2022
DAVID CURRIE
President, Province Mortgage Associates Inc.


SINCE DAVID CURRIE FOUNDED East Providence-based Province Mortgage Associates Inc. in 2005, his business has survived – and thrived – through ups and downs, including a housing bubble, recessions, the COVID-19 pandemic, record-low interest rates and the current sharp rise in rates.

As president of the residential mortgage lender, which also operates in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida, Currie attributes his success to two main ideas. The first is hiring well.

“I’m a big believer in finding the right talent and surrounding yourself with like-minded people,” Currie said. “I always joke with my management team that I’m the dumbest one in the room. And I don’t really believe that, but I do believe that it’s about hiring people that you really believe in.”

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Currie’s other guiding principle is holding employees accountable. A good leader not only gives staff direction and goals but also follows up regularly, Currie says.

‘I’m a big believer in finding the right talent and surrounding yourself with like-minded people.’

“If you don’t hold people accountable in our business, or in any business, in my opinion, you’re going to fail,” he said. “Nobody loves to have tough conversations, but you have to and I learned that early on in my career.”

Currie, who graduated from Bryant University in 1993 with a bachelor’s in business administration, holds himself to the highest standards as well, according to Province Marketing Director Don Wilson, who has worked with Currie for more than 25 years. Wilson said Currie is “relentless” in pursuing excellence, as well as exemplifying leadership, inspiration and true accountability.

“Probably nobody would have predicted that we would still be here in 2022 because of what the industry endured over the past couple of decades,” Wilson said. “Overall, in every single year of our existence, Dave [Currie] has made it a point to add something to our repertoire of offerings.”

Customer service is paramount in the competitive mortgage market, Currie added. “Our customers have a lot of options,” Currie said. “If we don’t wow them with the service aspect of it, including education and answering all of their questions, then we fail.”

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