Loan matching platform Lendela names new CFO, CTO

Lendela is planning to scale business across Hong Kong and APAC.

Loan matching platform Lendela has appointed Kent Huang as chief financial officer and Steven Wong as chief technology officer, 17 February.

The appointments are part of Lendela’s executive leadership expansion as it eyes scaling its business across Hong Kong and Asia Pacific.

Lendela’s reverse auction enables lenders to bid for borrowers and offer them their most competitive financing option.

Huang brings two decades of financial leadership experience into the Lendela role, having worked for financial services companies such as PayPal and Intuit.

He is tasked with steering Lendela’s financial strategy and management, risk management, and regulatory compliance to support its growth.

Wong, meanwhile, spent over 15 years in leadership roles across high-growth startups in the region. He is tasked with leading Lendela’s growth of its technology infrastructure on the systems and organisational levels, and across its markets.

Kent Huang (left) and Steven Wong (right). Photos courtesy of Lendela.