Leadership team
A leadership team with deep roots in global financial services, Silicon Valley technology, and enterprise AI — united by the conviction that community financial institutions deserve better tools.
A global entrepreneur, senior executive & a digital transformation expert
Former Director at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, General Counsel at Renaissance Capital Investment Bank
30+ years in Technology, Finance, Energy, and Real Estate investments
MBA University of Chicago Booth, Law Degree John Marshall Law School, Chicago
Seasoned product leader with >25 years of experience across the financial services, investing, remittance and travel verticals
Proven experience of increasing revenue by leading cross-functional teams to create innovative new products, improve product performance, execute go to market and solve problems efficiently
Prior leadership roles at NCR Atleos, Charles Schwab, Expedia, and Western Union
Accomplished sales leader with 20+ years of experience driving digital transformation for financial institutions
Proven ability to drive growth and strengthen customer engagement by aligning innovative technology with evolving regulatory and market needs
Prior leadership roles at Q2 and LexisNexis
30+ years of leadership with Silicon Valley early-stage technology companies
Executive roles at Universal Audio, Dash Navigation/Blackberry, Strangeberry/TiVo, Marimba/BMC, and Digidesign/Avid across distributed systems, signal processing, and geospatial navigation
AI leadership in genomics and population health as CTO & Fellow at UCSC Genomics Institute and Chief Enterprise Architect for AI at Elevance
B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley; MBA, University of Chicago Booth (with high honors)
Product, Strategy, & Operations leader with 10+ years of experience across financial technology, eCommerce, digital marketplaces, and technology communications; predominately in AI strategy
Prior experience at eBay, Vodafone Business, Vodafone Group, and Oliver Wyman
M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Columbia University & Columbia Business School, and BSc in Physics from Imperial College London
Advisors & investors
Our advisory board brings decades of experience from the highest levels of global financial services, payments, and insurance — providing strategic guidance as Loquat scales across the community banking sector.
Leader in the global payments industry with >30 years of experience across the entire debit to credit spectrum
Widely regarded as a go-to expert for banks, FinTech's, and corporates exploring new card programs
Former EVP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at Visa, responsible for developing and driving Visa's product and technology roadmap, as well as business development for strategic partnerships
40+ year insurance industry experience leading finance, strategic planning and technology organizations
Founder & Co-CEO of Mosaic Insurance, a Bermuda based specialty insurer
Founding executive, CFO and COO of Ironshore, Property & Casualty insurance company sold to Liberty Mutual for USD 3Bn
CFO of the Americas Division of Swiss Re and Global CFO and Head of Technology and Corporate Services at Marsh Inc.
Senior leader in the global payments industry with >30 years of experience
Extensive knowledge of the general-purpose credit card space, especially commercial card products, including issuance, activation, usage and retention programs for credit, debit and small business cards and sales, implementation and optimization of large commercial card programs
Prior leadership experience at Visa (>18 years), Citicorp, GE Capital and JP Morgan
Transformational leader with >30 years of international experience in banking, digital payments, country management and entrepreneurship
Accomplished in strategic sales management, country management, digital product development, and establishing robust C-level relationships across Latin America and the Caribbean
Prior experience includes a 23-year career at Visa
If you share our passion for equipping community financial institutions with the tools they need to compete and thrive — we want to hear from you. Whether you are a financial institution, a potential partner, or a future member of the team.
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