Bud Financial (Bud), a leading AI-powered data intelligence platform for the financial services and banking industry, has appointed two new senior leaders to continue ramping up commercial growth and product innovation. Rachel Fairhurst joins the company as VP of Credit Risk & Client Success, and Jakub Piotrowski as VP of Product. 

In brief:

-Rachel arrives at Bud with over 20 years of experience in senior credit roles, developing deep cross-sector knowledge of credit and risk functions in management roles at large corporations and startups alike, including Bank of America, Credit Kudos, Auden, and Equifax. 

-Joining Bud with extensive experience as a commercially focused product leader, including six years in the C-Suite at Meniga, a provider of digital banking solutions, Jakub will drive the expansion of Bud’s suite of AI-powered financial insights and data intelligence solutions.

-Bud, led by founding team Ed Maslaveckas, CEO, and George Dunning, COO, has built a stellar lineup of tech and finance experts to drive the business’s hypergrowth ambitions and enhance its AI-powered data intelligence offerings.

What does this mean?

Rachel Fairhurst, VP of Credit Risk & Client Success, said: ‘I’m very pleased to be joining a company I’ve long admired for its dedication to using open banking technology as the springboard for fairer, more accurate, and more accessible lending. One of my key priorities in this new role will be helping our clients, from niche lenders to large enterprises, to deploy and reap the full value of our solutions in their organisations. I’m also looking forward to working with the product and commercial teams to shape our strategy, carrying my passion for helping high-performing teams thrive into everything I do here.”