Lisa Jacobs

UK Managing Director, CEO Designate

Lisa is responsible for the UK business at Funding Circle - overseeing the strategic direction and executing against the commercial and operational goals. From January 1st 2022, she will lead the business as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Lisa was Chief Strategy Officer, leading on strategy and corporate development. In this role she led international expansion, including two acquisitions; launched new products and incubated new business areas. She also led on Funding Circle's private capital raises from Series C and was a core part of the IPO team. Prior to Funding Circle, she was a financial services consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Lisa holds a first-class degree in PPE from Oxford and was named in the UK Inspiring Fifty and the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2017-2021.