Leanne Kemp is the founder and CEO of Everledger. In this role, she steers the team of "Everlegends" to increase transparency and trust with technology, in close collaboration with industry partners.
She also has a passion for ethicality, driving Everledger’s commitment to corporate social initiatives, including their work with the Tanzanian Women Miners Association to empower female miners in rural communities.
According to Everledger, the company provides an immutable ledger for diamond and other asset ownership and related supply chain history.
Leanne is a prominent figure in the technology sector.
In 2018, her entrepreneurial success saw her appointed as the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur in Australia, to develop the state’s startup ecosystem, attract investment, and support job creation. She was the first female entrepreneur to hold this position.
More recently, Leanne has been appointed to the Global Blockchain Business Council as a Regional Ambassador of Australia.
She is an adjunct professor in the Institute for Future Environment at the Queensland University of Technology, and a Blockchain Advisory Board Member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Leanne co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Manufacturing and takes part in the Global Future Council on Blockchain.
She also leads workstreams at the Global Blockchain Business Council, co-chairs the World Trade Board’s Sustainable Trade Action Group, and is on the IBM Blockchain Platform Board of Advisors.
Leanne’s awards include the AIM Global Allan Gilligan Award 2019, Advance Global Australian Awards 2018 for Technology Innovation, and Innovator of the Year 2016 and 2018 at the Women in IT Awards (London).
This biography is part of "The Future of Fintech is Female" feature which will appear in the upcoming edition of Women of Color.
