Jason Yetton the new CEO at P2P lender SocietyOne

Former Westpac Banking Group senior executive Jason Yetton will join peer-to-peer lender SocietyOne as its new CEO on Monday with a brief from the fintech’s high-powered owners to ramp up lending growth on the platform.

SocietyOne co-founder and current CEO Matt Symons will stay on at the company as chief strategy and innovation officer.

The appointment will be announced by SocietyOne on Friday morning. The platform has matched more than $78 million in loans since it was established in August 2012.

Source: Jason Yetton the new CEO at P2P lender SocietyOne