Kate Hyndman

About Me

“Technology leaders who have built and scaled global platforms bring boards something fundamentally different from those who have only governed them. That arc, from founding software engineer to CTO to non-executive director, is the perspective I bring. At FNZ I helped build that wealthtech platform and custodian organisation now administering north of US$2 trillion in assets globally. As Group CTO I scaled the product engineering across six countries, providing the technical leadership that underpinned FNZ's growth into one of the world's largest wealth administration platforms. As a Non-Executive Director I then spent nearly a decade governing that same business – including six years chairing the Asia Pacific Risk & Compliance Committee, with oversight of technology, cyber and regulatory risk across nine jurisdictions. AI is now a strategic question, not just a technology one. I completed Oxford's AI-Driven Business Transformation Executive Programme in March 2026 to strengthen my ability to govern it at board level. For the past decade I have chaired and served on boards across fintech, healthtech and social impact organisations - governing capital raises, M&A, international expansion and major digital platform transformation programmes. Current roles: Chair of Surely; NED at Manawanui, Optimal Workshop, ImpactLab, Eightwire and Cogo. ”