LoanHero, a retail fintech and loan origination platform for automated lending to consumers at the point of need, announced on Monday it appointed Zalman Vitenson, Olaf Janke, and Mikel Sides, to its executive management team. Vitenson is now the company’s CEO, Janke is the new CFO, and Sides is Vice President of Sales.
Vitenson previously served as CEO of Capital Partners. Zalman has more than 25 years of experience in specialty finance. Janke most recent role was CFO at Solar Mosaic, Inc. and previously serving in various roles as CFO and EVP in specialty finance. Janke has raised more than $10 billion of fixed income, $3 billon of equity and concluded over $3 billion of M&A transactions in his 27 years of experience. Mikel Sides recently served as Vice President of Client Development for Co-branded cards at Citigroup. Vitenson stated:
“Along with Steve Connolly, who brings depth of operating experience from GE Capital and CoreLogic, and Matthias Blume, who held senior roles at CoreLogic and Fair Isaacs, we are elated to bring a tenured and proven leadership team to our thriving fintech platform. With our now 100+ years of experience and collective track record, we are extremely well positioned to scale the business and serve our financial institutions partners and consumers at the point of need.”
Janke added:
“I’m excited to join a differentiated technology platform that is poised to play a leading role in consumer finance. Upon learning about recent partnerships and growth trajectory, I consider joining this team an honor and an opportunity.”