John Donovan

COO, Lending Club

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • COO / Co-Founder 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
Education
  • Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
Connections
331 connections
Industry
Financial Services

John Donovan’s Summary

Global executive offering more than 18 years of solid cross-functional leadership achievement, championing of major new product and strategy initiatives, mobilizing achievement of corporate goals, and developing over $100+ million in incremental annual new product revenue.

John Donovan’s Specialties:

Financial services expert who has led the development and management of 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 / Co-Founder

    Lending Club

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 7 months)

    Lending Club is an online lending community where people can borrow and lend money at get better rates with social lending. By working together, members can borrow money more easily and at a better rate than they would get from a traditional bank, or invest in a pool of loans at higher rates than those served by savings accounts or CDs. A proprietary technology called LendingMatch™ helps match lenders with borrowers using connections established through social networks, associations and online communities, and build diversified portfolios based on lender preferences.

  • CPO / COO

    E4X Incorporated

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

    February 2005December 2006 (1 year 11 months)

    E4X provides foreign exchange treasury and payment services to internet merchants. My responsibilities included legal, product P&L, development of corporate strategy and suite of product offerings.

  • Vice President, Global Product Development

    MasterCard International

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

    May 2003February 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 1998May 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 1993April 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 1988March 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 1987January 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 (MENG); NYPay.

  • Forbes.com C-Level Officers member
  •    Marketing Executives Networking Group member
  •    Treasury Management Network member
  •    Payment Systems Network member
  •    Financial Risk Management Network member
  •    Working Capital Management Network member
  •    Credit Card Professionals member
  •    Payment Card Industry Network member
  •    Payments Leadership Network member
  •    Payments & Cards Network member
  •    MasterCard Alumni member

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