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Mogo Appoints Former Senior SoFi and Amazon Executive as its new Chief People Officer
Friday, January 14, 2022Company Profile | Follow Company
Vancouver, BC, January 14, 2022--(T-Net)--Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ:MOGO) (TSX:MOGO), a digital payments and financial technology company, today announced the appointment of highly experienced leader Allan Smith to the newly created role of Chief People Officer.
Smith brings to Mogo 15 years of expertise as an analytical human resources leader with global experience in progressively demanding leadership roles in Fortune 50 as well as hyper-growth SaaS and fintech companies.
Most recently, Smith served as Senior Director for fintech leader SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI), where he led the people function across SoFi International and its subsidiary Galileo.
Previously, he held multiple HR leadership roles with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) over a 7-year period of rapid growth. Smith also led a geographically dispersed global HR team for Anaplan and served as Senior HR Business Partner with Veeva Systems. He has an MBA in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management from Brigham Young University.
David Feller, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chair, Director, Mogo Finance Technology Inc.
"We've been fortunate to attract and build an outstanding team at Mogo, and we're excited to have Allan lead our people efforts going forward as we look to significantly expand our organization while continuing to retain and advance top talent," said David Feller, CEO of Mogo. "We believe his experience in building world-class teams in fintech and fast-growing software companies will make him a highly impactful new addition to our leadership team."
"Having worked at multiple high-growth, world-class organizations, I was attracted to Mogo's strong position in the Canadian market, their growth trajectory, and their vision to build a next-generation financial platform," said Allan Smith. "They have also assembled a talented and passionate team, and I look forward to building on this strong base to support the continued growth of the business."
About Mogo
Mogo is empowering its close to 1.8 million members with simple digital solutions to improve their finances. Through the free Mogo app, consumers can access a digital spending account with Mogo Visa* Platinum Prepaid Card, the only card of its kind in Canada. The MogoCard makes it easy to enjoy spending control while doing good for the planet by planting a tree for every purchase. The Mogo app also enables you to easily buy and sell bitcoin, get free monthly credit score monitoring and ID fraud protection, and access personal loans. Mogo's wholly-owned subsidiary, Carta Worldwide, also offers a digital payments platform that powers the next-generation card programs from innovative fintech companies in Europe, North America and APAC, while Mogo's wholly-owned subsidiary Moka is bringing automated, fully-managed flat-fee investing to Canadians from coast to coast. To learn more, please visit mogo.ca or download the mobile app (iOS or Android ).
Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including statements regarding the growth potential of Mogo's portfolio companies. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, and may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual financial results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements and the forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Mogo's growth, its ability to expand into new products and markets and its expectations for its future financial performance are subject to a number of conditions, many of which are outside of Mogo's control, including the receipt of any required regulatory approval. For a description of the risks associated with Mogo's business please refer to the "Risk Factors" section of Mogo's current annual information form, which is available at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov . Except as required by law, Mogo disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise. [ MORE ] |
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