Kirstin is the Managing Director (NSW) at Techstars - the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. In this role Kirstin uses her unique combination of entrepreneurial, strategic, operational and legal skills to select the most promising startup founders to participate in Techstars' 13-week mentor-driven accelerator operating from TechCentral in Sydney.Kirstin is an experienced start-up and high-growth business executive with a particular focus on fintech businesses at the intersection of activism and capitalism: co-Founder and former CEO at Future Super, former executive at Brighte, and long-time mentor with Blackbird's Giants program and Startmate fellowships. In her spare time Kirstin is on the board of Morphic Ethical Equities (ASX:MEC) and parent to 9 year old Elizabeth.Kirstin is also a reformed lawyer (Freehills) and reformed management consultant (Bain & Co), where she spent 10 years advising some of the largest companies and charities in Australia and Canada. Her expertise includes technology-driven transformation, organisational design, due diligence and productivity improvement in financial services, telecommunications and private equity. She has been a serial entrepreneur within these professional services firms, driving new internal policies, programs and charitable partnerships.Kirstin is a sought-after mentor, facilitator and panellist, specialising in topics of purpose in business, ethical investing, superannuation, strategic planning, women and leadership, confidence, flexible working, and gender parity.