Kendall Flutey

Co-founder of an educational platform which financially empowers school students

Kendall is the co-founder and CEO of Banqer, a financial education platform that provides a hands-on learning environment for primary and secondary school students to engage with financial concepts. The platform educates youth so that they can have a more equitable and empowered future, enabling better outcomes for not only them, but their wider communities. It is currently used by over half of all New Zealand primary schools.

The financial education platform was named 2018 NZ Hi-Tech Start-up Company of the Year, and a recipient of a Global Inclusion Award at the G20 Summit in Berlin in 2017. In 2019, Kendall was recognised for her efforts in raising the financial capability of over 150,000 students by being named the 2018 Young Māori Business Leader, the 2019 Young New Zealander of the Year, and was also awarded the prestigious Impact Award for Enterprise in 2020.

Kendall is also a member of the Digital Council for Aotearoa, and a Commissioner for the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme.