PayPal bolsters leadership team with new CTO and CFO appointments
PayPal has announced two new additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Archie Deskus as chief technology officer (CTO) and Jamie Miller as chief financial officer (CFO).
Archie Deskus, PayPal’s new CTO. Image source: PayPal
The news follows the recent arrival of Alex Chriss as PayPal’s new president and CEO on 27 September 2023.
Deskus, who brings more than two decades of technology experience to the role, joined PayPal in March 2022 as executive vice president and chief information officer. She previously served as senior vice president and CIO at Intel and has held the same role at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Earlier in her career, she held CIO roles at Baker Hughes, Ingersoll Rand, Timex, and United Technologies.
As PayPal’s EVP and CTO, Deskus has been tasked with overseeing the company’s global technology, engineering, and information organisations, while also leading the planning, management, and delivery of PayPal’s technology stacks, systems support, and infrastructure.
Deskus will take over from current EVP and CTO Sri Shivananda, who will be departing the firm at the end of this year.
Jamie Miller, PayPal’s new CFO. Image source: PayPal
Jamie Miller joins as CFO
Miller joins PayPal as EVP and CFO from EY, where she served as global CFO and led the separation and IPO of its strategy, tax, and consulting business.
She previously spent 12 years at General Electric, serving most recently as its senior vice president and CFO. Her earlier experience includes stints at US health insurer Anthem and global consultancy PwC.
As PayPal’s CFO, Miller will be expected to shape the company’s financial strategies and lead the global finance organisation, which includes planning, treasury, tax, reporting, and investor relations. She will succeed Gabrielle Rabinovitch, who is currently acting CFO.
