Pipe strengthens leadership team with four key appointments
US-based fintech Pipe has appointed four new execs to strengthen its leadership team, including a chief technology officer (CTO) and chief product officer (CPO).
Pipe announces four new leaders
Nate Wiger has been named as CTO, Claurelle Rakipovic as CPO, Amy Loh as chief marketing officer (CMO), and Jon Lear as global head of growth.
“Rakipovic, Wiger, Loh and Lear will further accelerate Pipe’s mission to scale globally, expand the embedded financial suite of products, and reach more SMBs through global partners,” explains a company statement.
Wiger brings 25 years of experience in the tech sector, most recently serving a five-year tenure as VP of Intuit. He previously held senior roles at Amazon, AWS and PlayStation.
Meanwhile, Rakipovic previously acted as VP of product at Capital Group, the world’s 10th-largest asset manager, managing over $2.7 trillion in assets. Before that, she was a general manager at Amazon, where she led the company’s lending and payments initiatives.
Lear, a co-founder of international fintech event Fintech Meetup, held multiple leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase between 2017 and 2020, such as global head of multi-industry client solutions and global head of network and partnerships.
After joining Pipe in June as head of marketing, Loh has now been promoted to CMO, following her successful efforts in launching the company in the UK and “leading its rebrand as the embedded financial solution for small businesses”, states the firm.
Alongside its UK launch, Pipe highlights that the new leadership appointments follow the introduction of its business card, which offers spend insights, expense management, and cashback features. The company also secured a $100 million credit facility with Victory Park Capital (VPC) in June.
Founded in 2019, Pipe says it “connects entrepreneurs and business owners to fast, frictionless, dilution-free financing”.
Last year, the fintech embarked on another hiring spree, bringing on board a chief risk officer (CRO), chief innovation officer (CIO), chief product and technology officer (CPTO), and chief operations and marketing officer (COMO).
Pipe CEO Luke Voiles referred to the expansion as assembling a “fintech dream team”.
