Penfold, the digital workplace pension provider, has appointed Jonathan Schneider as Chairman, adding one of the UK’s most experienced fintech founders and investors to its board.

Schneider joins as Penfold accelerates its growth within the workplace savings market. With a 25-year career spent building and backing high-growth finance firms, he brings a track record of scaling platforms from early-stage disruptors into major institutional players.

Notably, Schneider has been the Chairman of Iwoca since its seed round and has helped steer the lender to over £3bn in loans disbursed, funding thousands of SME’s. He brings deep experience of supporting businesses through their scale-up phase and has founded and sold businesses, including Capital Step (exited via the LSE listed Duke Roylaty plc) and, most recently, the 2025 sale of Provira to an institutional capital backed roll up.