Hannah McQueen is the CEO and Founder of Age Brightly, founder of EnableMe, and a leading voice on how we can reinvent the experience of ageing in Aotearoa.
Hannah has built her career at the intersection of planning, systems and real‑world outcomes. In 2007, she founded EnableMe, growing it into one of New Zealand’s most recognised financial strategy and coaching businesses. Through years of working closely with families preparing for retirement, Hannah developed a deep understanding of how long‑term planning plays out in real life - not just on paper.
What she saw repeatedly was a disconnect. Meticulous financial plans were often derailed by unexpected health events: falls, medication mismanagement, cognitive decline and hospital admissions that felt sudden, but often weren’t. The issue wasn’t motivation or intent. It was a fragmented, reactive system that made proactive ageing difficult.
That insight led Hannah to her next chapter.
Through Age Brightly, Hannah is focused on building a better model for ageing - one that is preventative, coordinated and designed around people, not silos. Age Brightly brings together a multidisciplinary team to assess early, measure broadly, coordinate care properly, and monitor over time, with the goal of preserving independence and quality of life as people age.
While Hannah’s background spans retirement planning, financial accounting, financial analysis and strategic planning, her work today is firmly centred on the future of ageing. Her perspective is shaped by both business leadership and lived experience, allowing her to challenge assumptions about what ageing can - and should - look like.
As a speaker, Hannah presents on how we redesign ageing in this country, why prevention matters more than crisis response, and what individuals, organisations and systems can do differently now to support longer, better lives. Her talks are thoughtful, practical and future‑focused, offering audiences a new lens on one of the most important shifts of our time.
Insightful and engaging, Hannah McQueen brings clarity and momentum to conversations about ageing - not as a problem to manage, but as an opportunity to do better
Talking Points
The Missing Link in Workplace Wellbeing
Workplace wellbeing programmes include everything from gym discounts to Fitbit challenges and yoga in the boardroom but that's only addressing the physical side of the story. The impact of financial stress on not only individual employee wellbeing, but also on company finances, is something that is often overlooked. Hannah McQueen presents a dynamic talk, full of humour and personal anecdotes, where she will address:The Missing Link in Workplace Wellbeing
¢ The growing issue of illness caused by money worries
¢ Why being financially fit whatever your income is so important, and how to make it happen
¢ How employers should tackle this tricky and sometimes taboo topic
¢ What you can do as an individual, and what employers can do for their staff
¢ Supporting financial wellness in the workplace without breaking the bank
Financial Resilience
Specifically designed for post-Covid to help make your finances more resilient amid uncertainty.Financial Resilience
¢ Accurately identifying your lane' are you in survival, stabilisation or optimisation mode?
¢ Creating your financial buffer
¢ Lengthening your cash runway
¢ Actions you need to take and when to take them
¢ The lowdown on mortgage holidays, interest rates and structures
¢ Superannuation settings amid uncertainty
¢ Investment options & future planning
How to get mortgage-free & retirement-ready in 10 years or less
Designed for those who are ambitious or those who know they could be doing better (but aren't!)How to get mortgage-free & retirement-ready in 10 years or less
¢ How to avoid paying so much of your money to the bank
¢ Timeframes you should be aiming for
¢ The keys to getting mortgage-free fast
¢ The pillars of financial success and why it's not about financial literacy
¢ Your money personality & why it's important
¢ How to create a wealthy mindset
¢ Getting your retirement is sorted
¢ How to utilise the power of leverage
Improving Your Financial Fitness
Something for every age group whether they're starting out, building up or preparing for retirement.Improving Your Financial Fitness
Can be tailored to the demographic of the audience.
¢ The sources of financial stress
¢ Myths about Money
¢ Your Money personality and why it's important
¢ Finding Fritter & getting ahead faster
¢ How to get mortgage-free faster
¢ Planning for retirement
¢ Strategies to grow wealth
Business Grit Optimising Your Small Business to Deliver Better Results
New Zealand is a nation of small businesses, but we also work harder and longer yet are less productive than the OECD average. Too many businesses aren't generating the return owners need them to, or a return that reflects the effort they're putting in. Financial Strategist, business coach and enable.me founder Hannah McQueen delivers this presentation specifically for small business owners keen to drive their business to reach its potential.Business Grit Optimising Your Small Business to Deliver Better Results
¢ The productivity problem
¢ Creating business efficiencies & unlocking potential
¢ Developing a strategy to maximise returns
¢ The small tweaks that can help generate big improvements
¢ The levers to pull, in what order, to drive greater value
¢ Finding the headspace to work on the business, and not just in it
Financial Wellbeing is such an important topic - if sometimes a little dry - but Hannah McQueen managed to make it relatable, engaging, empowering - and even fun. The feedback we've had from ... keep reading Barfoot & Thompson
A big thank for your inspiring, insightful and useful presentation. We have received some outstanding feedback around the event, in particular your presentation, and are very happy with how the day went.
Hannah McQueen was very entertaining and absolutely on her game. So knowledgeable and very useful and helpful information.
