Digital bank Zopa has appointed Jeremy Penzer as its chief analytics officer.
He joins Zopa from global digital payments network Visa, where he was head of data science for Europe.
Prior to that he served as Capital One Europe’s chief analytics officer and as an academic statistician at the London School of Economics.
Penzer will oversee a team of 80 data scientists as the bank enters a phase of accelerated growth and prepares to release a raft of new products and services.
Over the last 4 months, the London FinTech has relocated to Canary Wharf and raised a £68m funding round.
In recent months it has been testing its flagship current account in beta.
“I am thrilled to be joining Zopa as it continues its remarkable trajectory as one of the fastest-growing digital banks in the UK. Zopa is the only UK neobank successfully lending at scale, meeting all consumer lending and saving needs in one place,” said Penzer.
“I am looking forward to taking Zopa’s data and analytics capabilities to the next level as its steps into everyday banking and enters its next phase of growth.”
To date, Zopa has attracted £5.5bn in deposits and has just over £3bn of loans on its balance sheet.
The company now has close to 900 employees and recently partnered with Octopus Energy and John Lewis.