Claudia Batten

A serial entrepreneur, Claudia Batten has spent over 15 years in the technology sector.

She was a founding member of Massive, a first of its kind network for advertising in video games, which was sold to Microsoft in 2006. In 2009, she co-founded Victors & Spoils, the first advertising agency built on the principles of crowdsourcing. French company Havas bought a majority interest in the agency in 2012. In 2014, Claudia co-founded Broadli to redefine how we use digital connectivity to power networking.

Claudia is a regular speaker on digital innovation, digital media and building businesses for the future. She is passionate about New Zealand claiming its place in the digital world and participates regularly across the NZ Inc ecosystem.

She is currently the NZTE Regional Director for North America, supporting the growth of Kiwi businesses into the market.

In 2013, she was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from Victoria University in recognition of her commitment to New Zealand and her achievements as an entrepreneur.

Watch Claudia Batten accept her award here.