Operator · Austin, Texas

Moving owner-run businesses onto digital rails.

Most recently Head of North American Banking at Wise. Before that, Apple Card and the Marcus digital bank at Goldman Sachs, and Chief Digital Officer at Discover. Pending Mike's approval

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Most recent

Wise: banking for the digital age.

Building the banking and payment-rail side of a global money-movement company. Pending Mike's approval

WISE · 2024 TO 2025

Head of North American Banking · CEO designate, Wise National Trust

Led the charter-stage build for Wise National Trust, Wise's proposed U.S. national trust bank.
Owned the Federal Reserve settlement access strategy, to expand payment-rail access.
Led North America banking expansion across the U.S. and Canada.

Career

34 years building and running digital financial businesses. Pending Mike's approval

P&L ownership from $200 million to $10 billion.

Full resume

2018 to 2023
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director. Head of Product for Apple Card. Led the build of the Marcus cloud-native digital retail bank.
2006 to 2018
Discover Financial Services
Chief Digital Officer, then General Manager of Discover Student Loans.
1992 to 2006
Bank of America and MBNA
Marketing, customer operations and the startup of MBNA Canada.