Rachael is Head of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives at AUDC, the issuer of AUDD, Australia’s leading regulated stablecoin, and NZDSC, New Zealand’s emerging stablecoin. She leads the company’s global partnership network and strategic programs, working with institutions including Ripple, Coinbase, and Circle to scale AUDD adoption across payments, settlement, and tokenised asset markets. AUDC holds an Australian Financial Services Licence and has processed more than $1.9 billion in transaction volume since launch. Alongside this work, Rachael is a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Computer Science at QUT, investigating the economic and societal impacts of blockchain technologies, building on a Master’s specialising in Financial Economics. She keeps her research grounded in what is actually being built, and her industry work grounded in what the evidence says.