Australia's Top 25 fintech influencers revealed

Australia’s Top 25 fintech influencers revealed

finder.com.au has released its list of Australia’s Top 25 Fintech Influencers. The people on it work in a variety of areas within the fintech sector, including lending, venture capital, the blockchain, bitcoin, coworking spaces and hubs, the media and fintech industry bodies.
Australia has a strong history with fintech, having been recognised for embracing fintech startups and engaging in international agreements that drive innovation forward. However, without the individual voices within the fintech industry, change wouldn’t happen and innovation would be much more stagnant.
For this list, factors we considered included:
Editorial judgement
Social following
Industry involvement and visibility
Notable successes
Each of the top 25 influencers is visually represented as a superhero because they are champions of Australian fintech and push their respective industries forward. For each influencer, a superpower was chosen that matched their skills and industry.
The Australian fintech industry is booming, and according to Finder.com.au these are the people (in no particular order) that are helping to shape it:
Alex Scandurra – CEO of Stone & Chalk
Alistair Lamond – Commercial director of Skippr
Andrea Myles – CEO of the China Australia Millennial Project
Asher Tan – Co-founder and CEO of CoinJar
Ben Heap – Founding partner at H2 Ventures
Caitlyn Iles – Founder of XChange
Cameron Dart – Founder and CEO of Australian FinTech
Charlotte Petris – Founder and CEO of Timelio, vice-president of Fintech Australia
Danielle Szetho – CEO of Fintech Australia
Danny Gilligan – Co-founder of Reinventure and co-founder of Data Republic
Darcy Naunton – Co-founder and partner at Adventure Capital, co-founder of York Butter, CFO and co-founder of Clover
David Ball – Secretary of Fintech Australia
Emma Weston – Co-founder and director of Full Profile
Glen Frost – Founder of Fintech Summit, Fintech Awards and Fintech Sydney
Ian Pollari – Partner and head of banking, KPMG Australia and global co-lead fintech
James Eyers – Financial services editor at the Australian Financial Review
Lachlan Heussler – Managing director of Spotcap
Michelle Mofatt – Head of internal audit at Tyro Payments, co-organiser of Sydney Femtech leaders
Mike Cannon-Brookes – Co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, director and investor at Tyro, investor at Blackbird Ventures, Shoes of Prey and Startmate
Miles Burke – Founder and managing director of 6Q and Bam Creative, Producer at Startup and News Curator at Startup Perth
Mon Wulff – CEO and co-founder of Startup Muster
Niki Scevak – Co-founder of Blackbird Ventures and creator of Startmate
Simon Cant – Managing director and co-founder at Reinventure and president of Fintech Australia
Stuart Stoyan – CEO of MoneyPlace
Wyatt Roy – Former Assistant Minister for Innovation and managing director- Australia of Afiniti