Speaker List
 | Janine is a kiwi-born entrepreneur and a highly respected Leader in tech. She's the co-founder and CEO of Easy Crypto, New Zealand's leading cryptocurrency trading platform.Janine and her brother Alan established Easy Crypto in 2017 to offer a secure, simple and easy-to-understand way for everyone to get involved in the cryptocurrency market.Just four years after launching, Easy Crypto transacted over two billion dollars and supports over 250,000 users across NZ, Australia and South Africa. She also set a new record for a first funding round in NZ in 2021, raising $17M NZD. Janine is very highly regarded in the NZ fintech sector, driving collaboration between the industry, central government, and traditional finance. She advocated on behalf of the industry in Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee enquiry into regulation of cryptocurrency, sits on a number of government advisory and working groups and was invited to join the V20 virtual asset summit, convened as part of the 2022 G20. She sits on the Executive Council for FinTechNZ, is a Wishlist Crypto Authority, a Country Champion of YPO, is a Women of Web3 Top 10 Changemaker, features in a Docuseries for TVNZ and is the winner of the 2023 Hi-Tech Awards for Inspiring Individual | Janinie Grainger | CEO | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/janine-grainger-easycrypto | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/janine-grainger-easycrypto |  Easy Crypto | 2024-01-22 02:30:59 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:02:38 UTC | ||||||||
 | Ralph co-founded Raidiam in 2016, a global company that delivers and supports the most trusted and secure data sharing ecosystems in the world. Aninternationally renowned expert in Open Banking Technical Standards and Trust Frameworks, Ralph is editor of the Open Banking Security Profiles in the UK and Brazil and designed the Trust Framework platforms that sit at the heart of both ecosystems. He has led Raidiam’s delivery of Open Finance and Open Insurance in Brazil, and the ecosystem underpinning ConnectID in Australia. He is an advocate and highly regarded spokesperson on the benefits of "Open Everything" for consumers and national economies. On top of his technical accomplishments, Ralph has published thought leadership papers on Trust Frameworks for the UK’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and on future standards for the Australian Banking Association. He is also a module author for the Cambridge Open Banking & Open Finance Online Programme for Regulators. He represents Raidiam on numerous consumer, fintech and security advocacy and standards development bodies, including the OpenID Foundation (FAPI Working Group) and the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA). | Ralph Bragg | CTO and Co-Founder | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ralphbragg | International keynote fireside: Insights into U.K. open banking | 2024-01-22 01:56:01 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:05:21 UTC | |||||||||
 | MIKA Giving App maximises fundraising events by offering accessible and efficient payment acceptance technology, turning mobile phones into contactless payment solution tailored for Communities and Charities in Aotearoa and worldwide. Its goal is to adapt to the decreasing use of cash, ensuring seamless support for great causes on a global scale. | John MIka | CEO/Founder | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/john-mika-4923b732 | FinTech for Good | 2024-01-29 22:13:36 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:21:12 UTC | |||||||||
 | As the Founder, Leeanna is leading the development of finappster™ to reimagine how conscious investors manage their investments and solves the current challenges regarding transparency in utilising investments to combat climate change, the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk mitigation and sustainability practices of companies listed on stock exchanges. | Leeanna Kohn Harding | CEO/Founder | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/leeannakohnhardy | Fintech for Good Stream | 2024-01-22 02:12:21 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:23:39 UTC | |||||||||
 | I'm a positive and energetic people leader with experience for delivering on important matters in complex environments. My style empowers individuals and leads multi-disciplinary teams to make step-changes in performance. I have a keen interest in pursuing business improvements, and enjoy working with smart people and being creative in the process. My natural empathy helps me to understand what is needed and deliver fit for purpose solutions. | Matthew Lewer | Head of Retail payments | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-lewer-944ba092/?originalSubdomain=nz | Panel discussion: Connecting with the Government | 2024-01-30 20:23:01 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:25:05 UTC | |||||||||
 | Josh Dry is the Business Development Director at Cogo. He’s tasked with building Cogo’s reputation as a category leader in climate solutions, including partnerships with Financial Institutions that will empower millions of businesses and consumers to understand their carbon footprint and be encouraged to take action to reduce and offset their impact - all within their everyday banking apps. Whether dealing with the upper echelons of the world’s most powerful organisations or with his many friends and colleagues, meet Josh, and he’ll ask you: “What’s your contribution to life?” He's passionate about the power of collective change and the fact that we can all take steps to lower our carbon footprint and move the sustainability conversation forward - individually and together. His empathy, tireless dedication and passion have seen him start not just partnerships but movements within client organisations. He’s a truth speaker and a change stirrer - someone who’s only comfortable when attempting the uncomfortable. This is rounded off by an uncanny talent with a football (ok, he paid us to put that in here.) | Josh Dry | Business Lead | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/joshdry | 2024-01-22 02:01:53 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:22:29 UTC | ||||||||||
 | As CEO of Engine, Sam Everington is responsible for delivering Starling’s banking platform to financial organisations around the world.He joined Starling in 2016 to deliver the systems and apps required to launch the bank’s current accounts. He went on to lead the development and design of the highly scalable, modular and cloud native-core banking platform that powers Starling Bank. Sam began his career as a software engineer, designing and delivering features for an accounting package. As part of this role, he worked in almost every area from sales, requirements definitions and process design to implementation and support. | Sam Everington | CEO | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sameverington | International keynote fireside: Insights into U.K. open banking | 2024-01-30 20:31:49 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:27:19 UTC | |||||||||
 | Sam is the General Manager of Whai Rawa. He is of Ngāi Tahu descent (Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, Te Rūnanga o Taumutu) and he is very passionate about encouraging and assisting in saving and financial education amongst Ngāi Tahu Whānui. He brings a pragmatic and solution-focused approach, and he leans on his broad financial services experience, where his focus has been on wealth management. Prior to joining Whai Rawa, he has worked for more than 15 years across financial services and professional services organisations, where he has held roles in product management, project management and governance, risk and compliance. | Sam Kellar | General Manager | Ngāi Tahu Whai Rawahttps://nz.linkedin.com/in/sam-kellar-24a3462b | Panel discussion: Empowering communities | 2024-01-30 20:32:48 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:28:27 UTC | |||||||||
 | Vanessa is a commercial strategist with 20+ years experience in growth, strategy, marcomms and innovation. Vanessa is the Founder of Creative Horizons, supporting organisations develop creativity, innovation, and leadership capabilities, by leveraging music and dance based learning practices. She is also currently on the Advisory Board for NZ FinTech Wych, a member of the Board of Trustees for the New Zealand Dance Company, is an advisor and investor with Antler Australia, a startup coach and mentor for The Founders Institute and Ministry of Awesome, and is a Strategic Advisor to Creative Caring Australia. In 2018, Vanessa was recognised as one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech, recognising her work founding the Finnie Awards and Intersekt FinTech Festival. | Vanessa Ronan-Pearce | Startup Advisor and Founder of Intersekt | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/vanessaronanpearce | Opening remarks/MC for the day | 2024-01-22 02:16:12 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:30:54 UTC | |||||||||
 | Sasha is an Edmund Hillary Fellow and the co-founder and CEO of Money Sweetspot, a FinTech social lender whose sole purpose is to support people out of debt and on with their lives. She believes that people are good, and that bad things can happen to any of us, and that traditional systems (and data points) can judge people when these bad, unpredictable, events happen. Money Sweetspot’s innovative model that creates a pathway out of debt by combining story, financial education, and rewards means that whilst opened it’s doors less than a year ago and has won a number of accolades including Biggest Impact on Financial Health, Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Social Impactor Award at the Sustainable Business Awards and finalist for Best Emerging Business and Best Innovation at the 2 Degrees Business Awards. | Sasha Lockley | Co-founder and CEO | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sashalockley | https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sashalockley | 2024-01-22 02:29:16 UTC | 2024-01-21 23:29:44 UTC |