Changemakers: Meri Rosich

A trader working the stock market makes millions inside a week. When questioned, he says he’s a financial whizz kid from the future, capitalising on early-21stcentury volatility.

This sci-fi story makes Meri Rosich JEMBA2003 laugh – but it contains a grain of truth, she says: “That’s how future generations will look back at this period in human history. An era marked by volatility in finance, in tech disruption and in public opinion – a lot of it driven by the phenomenon of connectivity and its capacity to shape big trends.”

Rosich has a unique vantage point from which to assess our times. For two decades, she has enjoyed an international career at the frontier of digital innovation and business transformation. Her résumé spans pioneering leadership roles in digital with many of the world’s foremost innovators, through to starting up her own award-winning business publishing educational apps.

A globally recognised thought-leader in data-led strategy, Rosich currently heads up data science for Visa in Asia Pacific. She has collected industry and academic awards, her PhD thesis being honoured with the European Doctorate Award.

The common thread that runs through her professional life is change: “You start your career pursuing a passion or a dream. For me, what was most interesting was online publishing and digital media sales at a time when that industry was in its infancy. I’ve always been fascinated by the power of technology to transform business and business processes, drive innovation and improve things. Ten years ago we called it innovation. Today we call it business transformation.”