Ben Hanna

Managing Director - Stripe New Zealand

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

About

I’m the Managing Director of Stripe New Zealand, leading Stripe’s business in New Zealand. Over the past 20+ years, I’ve built and scaled technology companies across New Zealand, Australia, and international markets, leading teams, growing revenue, bringing new products and services to market, and contributing to governance and strategic oversight. Technology, AI, and digital commerce are reshaping how businesses are built, operated, and scaled. I’m particularly interested in what that means for productivity, economic growth, and New Zealand’s competitiveness.

Experience

  • Stripe (New Zealand)
    • Managing Director
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Head of New Zealand
      Jul 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Responsible for Stripe’s business in New Zealand, helping companies of all sizes to use Stripe to accelerate their business online and succeed globally.

  • Soul Machines (5 yrs 10 mos)
    • Vice President of Global Sales
      Oct 2022 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • General Manager Global Sales
      Oct 2018 - Oct 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Soul Machines™ is a ground-breaking high tech company of AI researchers, neuroscientists, psychologists, artists and innovative thinkers; re-imagining how we connect with machines. The team brings technology to life by creating incredibly life-like, emotionally responsive digital humans with personality and character that allow machines to talk to us literally face-to-face!

  • Enterprise Southern Region at Domo, Inc.
    Oct 2016 - Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Domo is the fully mobile, cloud-based operating system that unifies every component of your business and delivers it all, right on your phone. Domo brings together all your people, data, and systems into one place for a digitally-connected business.

  • Enterprise at Dell EMC
    Jun 2014 - Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Director at Feetware
    May 2014 - May 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Developed and launched an online retail brand experience using Shopify, Google ads, Facebook ads, Google Analytics, and Excelify stock management.