FinTech firm OakNorth has announced the appointment of Jackson Hull as its CTO and COO.
Hull will be in charge of OakNorth鈥檚 technical architecture and product program, as well as its product and engineering teams.
The credit platform provides debt finance to SMEs and has raised more than $1bn investment to date. It was today announced in second place聽in 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 London Tech 50.
With over 15 year鈥檚 C-suite experience in London and San Francisco, Hull will also have accountability for the compliance and infrastructure teams and pre- and post-sales tech support.
Ex-GoCompare CTO and COO Hull will also serve as an adviser or non-exec director for several companies, including Bloom & Wild, Kindred Capital, and Hubble.
The credit platform said Hull is a leading expert in building high-volume eCommerce applications, global SaaS platforms, mobile and IoT platforms, as well as award-winning products and services in finance, FinTech , travel, accommodation and retail.
He has managed large technology teams globally, including in China, Singapore, India, Ukraine, Europe and South America, and has a Bachelor鈥檚 in Engineering from UC Davis and a Master鈥檚 in Information Systems from UC Berkeley.
鈥淛ackson has been a technology executive at several institutions, and a founder or early-stage employee at successful startups,鈥� said Joel Perlman, co-founder of OakNorth.
鈥淗e therefore not only has the knowledge and expertise that will be pivotal for this stage of OakNorth鈥檚 evolution, but also knows first-hand what it鈥檚 like to be an SME founder 鈥� the exact market our platform helps banks serve.
鈥淎s CTO and COO, he鈥檒l be helping to build our world-class engineering team and the engineering culture required to develop and support our globally scaling platform.鈥�
Hull added: 鈥淎s a founder of several companies in the past, OakNorth鈥檚 mission to help small and medium-sized businesses achieve their growth ambitions was one that really resonated with me.
鈥淥ver the years, I鈥檝e watched as the business has grown from a fledgling start-up to a mature, global fintech with exceptional talent, impressive growth metrics and a proven proposition.
鈥淕iven how significant the market opportunity is 鈥� $7tn globally 鈥� this still feels very much like day one so I鈥檓 excited to be joining at this stage and look forward to playing a key role in the company鈥檚 future success.