John Donovan

Current

• COO at Lending Club

Past

• CPO / COO at E4X Incorporated
• Vice President, Global Product Development at MasterCard International
• Vice President, Debit Products at MasterCard International

• Vice President, Global Services at MasterCard International
• Various at MasterCard International
• Analyst at Chemical Bank

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Education

• Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

John Donovan’s Summary

Global executive offering more than 20 years of solid cross-functional leadership leading major new product and strategic initiatives, and developing over $100+ million in incremental annual revenue.

John Donovan’s Specialties:

Financial services expert who has led major initiatives in the following areas: Consumer Lending; Foreign Exchange; Credit, Debit, and Prepaid Cards; eCommerce; Merchant and ATM Card Acceptance; and, Cardholder Services, Enhancements and Insurance.

John Donovan’s Experience

• COO

  Lending Club

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Lending Club is an online lending community where people can borrow and lend money at better rates.

• CPO / COO

  E4X Incorporated

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  February 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 11 months)

  E4X helps internet merchants sell internationally (fx, shipping, taxes, etc).

• Vice President, Global Product Development

  MasterCard International

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MA; Financial Services industry)

  May 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 10 months)

  Developed new branded credit products, product functionality and features.

• Vice President, Debit Products

  MasterCard International

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MA; Financial Services industry)

  April 1998 — May 2003 (5 years 2 months)

  Expatriate assignment in Belgium to manage global ATM and merchant network, pioneer online debit e-business function, and manage all debit product development initiatives.

• Vice President, Global Services

  MasterCard International

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MA; Financial Services industry)

  March 1993 — April 1998 (5 years 2 months)

  Built global customer service infrastructure, managed emergency services and developed new card enhancements, services, and insurance programs.

• Various

  MasterCard International

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MA; Financial Services industry)

  January 1988 — March 1993 (5 years 3 months)

  Various positions in Finance, Statistics, and Strategic Planning.

• Analyst

  Chemical Bank

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

  September 1987 — January 1988 (5 months)

John Donovan’s Education

• Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

  BSc , Economics, Management , 1987

Additional Information

John Donovan’s Groups:

•    Marketing Executives Networking Group
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    Treasury Management Network
•    Payment Systems Network
•    Financial Risk Management Network
•    Stevie Awards Honorees
•    Killer Innovations
•    Payments Strategy
•    Credit Card Professionals
•    Payment Card Industry Network
•    Payments Leadership Network
•    Credit Risk Management Professionals Network
•    C.W. Post College of Management Students and Alumni
•    Payments & Cards Network
•    MasterCard Network
•    MasterCard Alumni
•    The Prepaid Resources Network
•    Red Flag Forum
•    Alternative Payments Network
•    Prepaid Cards Think Tank