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Posted on March 5, 2020 by staff

Revolut appoints former Goldman Sachs boss

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Revolut has appointed former Goldman Sachs boss Michael Sherwood to its board.

The London-based digital bank recently announced a 拢387m fundraise, which made it the UK鈥檚 most valuable FinTech and took its valuation to 拢4.3 billion.

It has also made the former co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International a non-executive director.

Ian Wilson, a former figure at RBS, Santander and Monzo, has also joined as a NED.

The other board members are ex-Deloitte partner Caroline Britton, former Silicon Valley Bank COO Bruce Wallace and chairman Martin Gilbert, the former co-CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen.

鈥淎s we continue to grow our offer and expand into new territories, having Michael and Ian鈥檚 vast experience and knowledge will be invaluable,鈥 Revolut co-founder and CEO Nikolay Storonsky said.

鈥淏oth are major assets to Revolut and our customers as we work to become the world鈥檚 first truly global bank.鈥

Despite Revolut鈥檚聽plans to expand into Japan, Russia, the US, South America and Asia in the next year and to grow its already聽thousands-strong headcount over its 23 offices, it is yet to turn consistent profit.

In 2017 the firm reported a 拢15m loss which grew to 拢33m in 2018.

Currensea co-founder James Lynn said the profitability of digital-only banks would present a challenge for as long as customers maintained a second traditional account to hold their income and savings.

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