Wisr appoints Matthew Lewis as Chief Financial Officer

ASX-listed fintech lender Wisr have announced the appointment of Matthew Lewis to the position of Chief Financial Officer.

With over 25 years of experience, Matthew has an extensive track record of financial, strategic and commercial leadership. He brings significant experience across multiple industries, including Avoka Technologies (Financial Services SaaS) and KPMG, where he spent 10 years in the Deal Advisory practice, leading financial and accounting due diligence investigations and capital market equity and debt raisings, including IPOs.

Matthew comes to Wisr from the global claims solutions business, Claim Central, specialists in services, technology, and data insights, where he held the role of CFO for four years. He has a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Commercial Law from the University of Sydney and is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of FINSIA.

Andrew Goodwin, Wisr Chief Executive Officer, said, “Matthew has deep experience in financial management and execution, leading and scaling high-growth businesses in the Fintech and Insurtech sectors. It’s an exciting opportunity for the Company, our stakeholders, investors and customers to have someone of Matthew’s calibre join the Wisr Executive Team, particularly as Wisr intends to recommence loan volume growth in H2FY241.”

“I am delighted to join Andrew and the Wisr Executive Team. I am enthusiastic about the opportunities ahead as Wisr continues to deliver strong innovation and its vision of reimagining the consumer financial journey. I’m looking forward to supporting Wisr’s highly scalable business model in the next stage of the Company’s journey to profitable growth,” said Matthew.