FinTech founder who raised over US$100 million for non-profit causes and helped define the sharing economy in Australia.
Kristofer Rogers co-founded MediFile and previously served as CEO of Zepto, which was named an AFR BOSS Most Innovative Company in 2020. Across his career he has raised more than US$100 million for non-profit causes — a figure that sits alongside his commercial track record in FinTech and the sharing economy and says something important about how he thinks about what technology is for. He is a Talent Unleashed Community Impact Award winner, an award endorsed by Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak, and his work has spanned financial technology, social enterprise, and digital platform design.
Rogers operates at the intersection of commercial innovation and social purpose — not as a trade-off but as a deliberate design choice. His experience building financial technology platforms while simultaneously running large-scale fundraising for causes gives him a perspective on impact that most technology speakers cannot credibly claim. He has seen what the sharing economy looks like at scale, what FinTech can genuinely democratise, and where the limits of disruption thinking actually lie.
He suits innovation conferences, financial services events, and leadership forums where the conversation about technology needs to connect to questions of purpose and social value. Audiences working through digital transformation, new business models, or the ethics of platform economies will find his sessions both commercially grounded and genuinely thought-provoking. He is also effective at events where inspiring a longer view — beyond the next product cycle — is part of the brief.
Kristofer Rogers is a keynote speaker based in New South Wales who speaks on artificial intelligence, business strategy and finance & economics. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
From the printing press to the moon landing, humankind moved comparatively slowly over the past 600 years when it comes to innovation. But in the 21st Century, the accelerating growth of technology is now at break-neck speed! From computing and the Internet to artificial intelligence and metaverses, it is literally unfathomable just how much technology has changed, and how it’s impacting our lives.
Kristofer is uniquely placed to unpack this innovation and bring to life the very real and positive impact technology has delivered, together with the very real social challenges it has created. Areas covered include:
• The speed of innovation, a unique timeline.
• Amazing social outcomes such as better financial inclusion (tailored to your audience).
• The existential (no longer abstract) threat of technology to society.
• Case studies highlighting incredible technical achievements.
• Technology trends specific to your industry or sector.
Financial Technology – or FinTech - has literally revolutionised the way in which customers interact with their financial providers and opened up the banking sector to digital disruption. From faster and fairer loan origination to alternative financing such as Buy Now Pay Later, people are now accessing their money on new terms.
Through first-hand experience at the heart of digital disruption, Kristofer explores the true value of a transaction in the 21st century, and redefines how businesses engage and consumers transact. Areas covered include:
• Everything-as-a-Service – A new way of delivering products and services to market.
• From SciFi to AltFi – The explosive growth of alternative finance.
• Unbanked – How FinTech as improved financial literacy and inclusion.
• Embedded Finance – Every business is now a financial services provider.
“I don’t need a drill. I need a hole in the wall”…
The sharing economy is an incredible insight in to how the way in which people work and interact as a society has changed over generations. The concept of ownership has literally been redefined through technology trends including peer-to-peer, opensource, crowdfunding, makerspaces and collaborative consumption.
Having founded two of the region’s most successful peer-to-peer fundraising platforms, Kristofer examines how fundamental shifts in the socio-economic landscape are leading to new ways of working and interacting with our peers. Tailored to your audience, areas covered include:
• The Gig Economy – How disruptive platforms are changing the workforce.
• Finding the real social value in modern economics.
• Can technology democratise your industry?
I have had the fortune to work with Kristofer starting from 2022 on a patient-led, industry-supported regional patient engagement platform, Alliance and Partnerships for Patient Innovation and Solutions, or APPIS. A reputable patient organization leader shared with me Kris’ contact info, and the moment I spoke to him, I knew he would be a great speaker/influencer. In fact, his expertise and experience on sustainable fundraising really inspired the audience, with clear takeaways and action items to follow through. I would recommend anyone who would like to learn about this topic to get in touch. By the way, his presentation slides are out of this world!”Associate Director, Patient Engagement Country Partner for Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, Novartis
I have known Kris since 2018 when he was our speaker for Rising Sun, a Chronic Myeloid Leukemia event for Patient Advocacy Groups in Asia. Lately, we engaged him for the Alliance & Partnerships for Patient Innovation and Solutions (APPIS) virtual event in 2023. He is a subject matter expert for digital fundraising and also as an influencer as far as focused-advocacy is concerned. He uses memory-recall representation to push his message across. He is a very effective speaker in terms of explicitly interacting with his audience.President, Touched By Max, Inc. (TBM) Philippines
I can’t thank you enough, not just for being a part of our Digital Safari, but for being such a perfect part of our thought leadership team. Your messaging, your tone, your delivery were all on point and very relevant and useful for our audience. Looking forward to our continued relationship!Mastercard
Tell us about your event and our consultants will return a curated shortlist within one business day.
