Renaud is the co-founder and CEO of Upgrade, Inc., a fintech company offering
mobile banking and responsible credit to everyday consumers. Under his
leadership, Upgrade has delivered over $35 billion in affordable credit to consumers
in just over 6 years and launched Upgrade Card, an innovative credit card named
the fastest growing credit card in America by Nilson Report in 2021 and 2022,
making Upgrade the only fintech company ranked among the top 25 U.S. Card
issuers. Upgrade was ranked the fastest growing company in the Americas by the
Financial Times in 2021 and is one of the most valuable US fintech companies with
a valuation that reached $6.3 billion in its latest financing round.
Prior to Upgrade, Renaud founded and ran Lending Club for 10 years. He took the
company public, reaching a market capitalization of over $10 billion. At Lending
Club, Renaud pioneered consumer fintech and grew the company to become the
largest provider of personal loans in America.
Renaud was ranked among the world’s most influential leaders by Bloomberg
Markets and recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative for expanding access to
affordable and responsible credit. He holds the Newport-Bermuda sailing record
with the only crossing ever achieved under 24 hours.
Renaud received his M.B.A. from HEC Paris and London Business School and his J.D.
from Montpellier University.

Brooke Major-Reid serves as the Chief Capital Officer at Affirm where she
is responsible for the Company’s Capital Markets Treasury Bank
Partnerships and Quantitative Markets teams. Prior to joining Affirm
Brooke was the Corporate Treasurer of Macy's Inc. the omnichannel
retailer. She is a seasoned finance and strategy professional who also
successfully led short-term credit products businesses among other
senior roles at Morgan Stanley where she worked for over 15 years. Before
joining Macy's in 2019 Brooke was SVP Head of Strategy at Cross River.
She founded BEAMR Group Inc. in 2015 providing strategic and financial
advice to startups with a focus on women and minority-founded
enterprises. She currently serves as a board member for Uncommon
Schools a nonprofit charter school management organization and
previously served as a corporate board member for Anaplan Inc. which
was acquired by Thoma Bravo in 2022. She holds an MBA from Harvard
Business School and a BBA in International Business with a concentration
in Finance from Howard University.