US fintech giant Stripe has appointed Steffan Tomlinson as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
In brief:
-Tomlinson brings more than 25 years’ worth of financial experience across the technology landscape to his new role
-He was CFO at Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks. In his new role, he will be tasked with scaling Stripe’s financial operations.
-Stripe boasts of more than 100 of some of the largest companies in the world as its clients, including Amazon, Uber, BMW and Microsoft, and claims more than 5,000 new businesses go live on its platform each week.
What does this mean?
Stripe says Tomlinson brings a “track record of scaling financial operations for high-growth companies like Confluent and Palo Alto Networks, which saw significant increases in customers, revenue, and margin during his tenure”.