From lender to technology provider
ezbob began life in 2011 as a direct lender to SMEs. In 2017, the company pivoted to become a software provider to banks and financial institutions.
ezbob began life in 2011 as a direct lender to SMEs. In 2017, the company pivoted to become a software provider to banks and financial institutions.
ezbob was founded in 2011, in the early days of the fintech revolution. We first operated as an online lending platform, processing more than £1bn of loan applications from SMEs. The loans were funded from our own balance sheet. You could say lending is in our DNA.
In 2017, we made the decision to stop lending and instead fully concentrate on being a lending-as-a-service (LaaS) provider. Our mission was clear. We wanted to build the perfect lending solution for today’s fast-paced business world.
Our lending-as-a-service solution has been built from the ground up by experts in commercial and consumer lending. We have a wide ranging team of experts across compliance, credit, finance, risk and technology.
Our employees have a diverse set of backgrounds including working for Tier 1 financial institutions, revolutionary FinTechs and global consultancies. We have the knowledge to guide our clients through complex, digital transformation projects.
Reuven Ben Menachem, Founder and Former CEO of Fundtech
Reuven Ben Menachem is the Founder and former CEO of Fundtech, a leading global provider of software to the financial services sector.
Mr. Ben Menachem led Fundtech to a successful IPO in 1998 and raised $100 million in a secondary offering in 1999. He sold Fundtech to GTCR (a Chicago-based private equity firm) in 2011, and in 2015 Fundtech was sold to a strategic buyer for $1.25B.
Prior to there, Mr. Ben Menachem was employed at Logic Data Architects, as a Technical Director and Product Manager. From January 1984 to June 1986, served as a Director of Banking Systems at Manof Communications Systems. Prior to this role, served as a Senior Programmer and Analyst in the Israeli Air Force.
Mr. Ben Menachem studied for a B.A. in Business at Haifa University.
Lindsey McMurray, Founder and Managing Partner of Pollen Street Capital
Lindsey founded Pollen Street Capital in 2013 and is the Managing Partner as well as Chairman of the investment committee.
Lindsey has been a private equity investor for more than 20 years with a particular focus on the Financial Services sector. Before she founded Pollen Street Capital, Lindsey led the team managing the £1.1bn Special Opportunities Fund within RBS and also spent six years as a Partner at Cabot Square Capital, focusing on operating investments in real estate and other asset backed investments, together with investments in the financial services sector.
Lindsey serves as non-executive director of a number of portfolio companies including Shawbrook Bank, Cashflows Europe and BidX1.
She has a First-Class Honours degree in Accounting and Finance and studied for an MPhil in Finance from Strathclyde University.
Stefano Mazzoli, Managing Director at Oaktree Capital
Prior to joining Oaktree in 2007, Mr. Mazzoli spent over two years as an analyst in the Investment Banking division at Morgan Stanley in London. Before that, he served as an analyst in the M&A division at Gallo & C., Meliorbanca Group in Milan, Italy. Prior experience includes an internship in the Equity Derivatives Department at Société Générale in Paris. Mr. Mazzoli received a Laurea degree in business administration from the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. He is fluent in Italian.
Gitit Aharoni, Director
Tomer Guriel, CEO
Arik Gilon, CPTO
Yaron Shoshani, CTO
John Christiansen, CRO
Ben Feldman, CFO
Uri Melzer, CCO
Marc Philippo, VP Sales
Simon Hawtin, Marketing Director
Inbal Barkan, VP HR
Taisia Kris, Compliance & Data Protection Officer
Tal Tuchman, VP Delivery