New Chief Risk Officer at SoFi

Jul 18, 2019

SoFi has hired Aaron J. Webster as its new chief risk officer, where he will be responsible for the company’s risk, fraud and credit management frameworks.

Webster was previously chief risk officer for Citigroup’s U.S. Retail Bank and Mortgage business and led its Global Regulatory Analytics. Prior to that, he was managing director for Risk Management and Data Science in Toyota Financial Services’ U.S. and Americas Region business.

"Aaron brings critical expertise in risk, fraud, and credit that align perfectly to the products we have today and the ones on our roadmap," said SoFi CEO Anthony Noto. "He's also a strong leader and culture carrier who can help us continue to build the next great consumer financial services company. We're thrilled he's joining SoFi."

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