Anna Liumaihetau Darling (Te Aupōuri) is the General Manager of People Experience at Sharesies, where she's spent the past six years helping grow the company from a small startup to one of New Zealand's best-known fintechs, with operations across Australia and New Zealand. She has 15 years of experience across the public and private sectors in Aotearoa and the UK, and has a particular focus on increasing Māori and Pasifika representation in tech and leadership, and improving access to financial education for everyone.

Before Sharesies, she spent a good chunk of time growing women's rugby in New Zealand. Anna's philosophy is that we spend 40 hours a week at work, so we should actually enjoy it. Because of that, she cares deeply about creating workplaces where people can do their best work - and have a bit of fun along the way.