Kendall Flutey
Young New Zealander of the Year
2019
University of Canterbury
Young New Zealander of the Year
Te Mātātahi o te Tau
Kendall Flutey (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu) is on a mission to teach kids about money. Kendall Flutey is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Banqer, the financial education platform 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.
Banqer is now used by more than 300 primary and intermediate classrooms nationwide. The programme teaches children concepts around income, interest on savings, tax, property investment and insurance.
Kendall has been recognised for her efforts in raising the financial capability of over 300,000 students being named the 2018 Young Māori Business Leader and 2019 the Young New Zealander of the Year.
Kendall has a background in Accounting, Economics and Web Development. Her passion has always lay in social issues and addressing inequities, particularly educating youth to enable better outcomes for not only them, but their wider communities. Outside of Banqer, Kendall is a Commissioner for the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme, a board member of the Financial Markets Authority New Zealand, and a proud member of Te Matarau.
