Pagaya Technologies Ltd., a financial tech firm that enables financial institutions to expand access to more clients via its partnerships and AI network, reveals that it has hired Leslie Gillin, ex- President at Chase Co-Brand Cards, CMO of Citi‘s Global Consumer Bank and, recently, CMO of JPMorgan Chase & Co..
As mentioned in a release, Leslie will be serving as Chief Growth Officer at Pagaya. This hire “reinforces Pagaya’s commitment to double down on serving all of its partners at scale.”
Pagaya continues to add new talent to carry on with its goal to support improved financial outcomes for their partners and their clients. Today’s news comes after the firm’s announcement that it had entered into “a business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company EJF Acquisition Corp., which values the combined company at an estimated enterprise value of approximately $8.5 billion at closing.”
“Leslie is a proven leader with a successful track record of building high-performing teams, growing businesses, and having a customer-first mindset,” stated Gal Krubiner, Pagaya’s co-founder and CEO.
Gal added:
“At this stage in our company’s growth, it’s essential that we continue investing in top-performing leadership to positively influence our innovations and deliver even stronger solutions for both our partners and the customers they serve. She is the ideal person to lead Pagaya’s efforts on a grander scale.”
As Pagaya’s first Chief Growth Officer, Leslie Gillin will first be focusing on “building upon Pagaya’s partnerships in the banking and financial industry.” She will be responsible for “overseeing business development, partnerships, marketing, and will lead growth for not just the company, but for all of its partners.”
“Pagaya’s unique, innovative approach to expanding access to credit, through its partners, truly sets the company apart. I am committed to ensuring every partner, and its customers, benefit from our solutions,” stated Pagaya’s Chief Growth Officer, Leslie Gillin.
Leslie added:
“After 30 years of working for some of the best financial institutions in the industry, I am so excited to bring the power of Pagaya’s data-rich technology capabilities, coupled with its unique business funding model, to further accelerate bringing more deserving customers of our partners into the mainstream economy.”
As noted in the update, Pagaya is a Fintech that’s focused on streamlining the lending marketplace by leveraging machine learning, Big Data analytics, and AI-powered credit analysis technology.
Pagaya was developed to “provide a comprehensive solution to enable the credit industry to deliver their customers a positive experience while simultaneously enhancing the broader credit ecosystem.” Its API is designed to easily “integrate into its next-gen infrastructure network of partners to deliver a premium customer user experience and greater access to credit.”