Board of Directors
Avi Zeevi has served as a director of the Company since 2016. Mr. Zeevi has more than 45 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur, executive, and investor. He is the co-founder of the Viola Group, Israel’s leading technology investment group with over $7 billion assets under management. He is also the co-founder of Viola Ventures and Viola FinTech, venture capital funds in the Israeli technology and financial technology industries, and he currently chairs Viola FinTech’s investment committee. Mr. Zeevi’s experience in the global financial industry includes his involvement with various financial technology companies including Payoneer Inc., where he served as board chair from 2008 to 2025, Actimize, where he served as board chair from 2001 until it was sold to NICE Systems in 2007, MINT Systems, and Decalog. Mr. Zeevi also serves as board chair of Personetics Technologies and as a director of G2RS, Duetti, Sympera, Bounce Technologies and Hili Health, as well as on the boards of various other companies within the Viola Group and entities affiliated with the Viola Group. Mr. Zeevi also chairs the investment committee of Israel Legacy Partners, a private equity fund focused on long-term investments in family companies. Mr. Zeevi was a board member at the Center for Educational Technology (CET) from 2004 until 2025, which is dedicated to the advancement of the education system in Israel, in the Jewish world and globally. He is also a member of the board of governors of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a board member at Bat Sheva Dance Company. Mr. Zeevi received his B.Sc in Industrial Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1973.
Harvey Golub has served as a director of the Company since 2018. Mr. Golub currently chairs the boards of Dynasty Financial Partners and Marblegate Capital Corporation, and is a member of the advisory board of Marblegate Asset Management LLC. He also serves on the boards of the American Enterprise Institute and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and is a member of the board of trustees of Jupiter Medical Center and a member of the investment committee of the Maltz Jupiter Theater. Mr. Golub has over 35 years of experience guiding companies’ organizational visions and strategies. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express and IDS Financial Services and a director of McKinsey & Company. He has also chaired the boards of American International Group, the Campbell’s Company (formerly Campbell Soup Company), and the Reader’s Digest Association, and served as a director of Dow Jones & Company, Hess Corporation, RHJ International and several private companies. Mr. Golub received his B.S. from New York University.
Dan Petrozzo has served as a director of the Company since 2018. Mr. Petrozzo is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, and investor. He is currently the CEO of Valence, an AI-native Wealth Management Company. He previously served as a Partner and Venture Partner at Oak HC/FT from 2017 to 2024, where he focused on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in the financial technology industry. He currently serves on the boards of Sure Inc. and Kanopy Security. Previously, Mr. Petrozzo co-founded Verilume, a cloud computing company, which was sold to Intralinks in 2016. Mr. Petrozzo is a former partner at Goldman Sachs where he served as Global Head of Technology for Investment Management. He also served as Chief Information Officer at Fidelity Investments and Co-Chief Information Officer at Morgan Stanley. He was also a member of the founding team at StorageApps, which was sold to Hewlett Packard in 2001. Mr. Petrozzo received his B.A. from Moravian University and his J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School.
Tami Rosen has served as a director of the Company since 2024. She joined the Company in 2021 as Chief People Officer and was named Chief Development Officer in 2024 (Ms. Rosen transitioned to a consulting role effective August 1, 2026). As the Company’s first C-Suite hire, Ms. Rosen was instrumental in helping to scale Pagaya’s business, support M&A activity, attract and retain top talent, and assist in the Company’s successful public offering. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Rosen served in various C-Suite and senior executive roles at Apple, Goldman Sachs, Atlassian, and Luminar Technologies, including as Chief People Officer at Atlassian and Luminar Technologies. She pioneered Wall Street’s first LGBTQ+ Ally Program at Goldman Sachs and conceptualized and launched Atlassian’s TEAM Anywhere program. At the Company, she spearheaded the Culture of Learning initiative to support continuous employee development and growth. Ms. Rosen received her B.A. from Binghamton University.
Gal Krubiner has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director since co-founding the Company in 2016. Mr. Krubiner brings extensive experience in the investments and wealth management industries with a specialization in innovative and sophisticated credit structured products. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Krubiner focused on structuring and distributing sophisticated credit and asset-backed securities products with UBS AG from 2012 to 2016, as well as holding other positions specializing in investment, entrepreneurism, and financial markets. Mr. Krubiner earned a B.A. in Applied Science, Economics & Statistics from Tel-Aviv University.
Avital Pardo has served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since September 2024, after previously serving as Chief Technology Officer and a director since co-founding the Company in 2016. Mr. Pardo was instrumental in designing the Company’s AI-based credit model and system. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pardo was one of the first employees at Fundbox and focused on algorithms from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Pardo earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics and a M.S. in Mathematics from Hebrew University.
Yahav Yulzari has served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since September 2024, after previously serving as Chief Revenue Officer and a director since co-founding the Company in 2016. In his current role, Mr. Yulzari is responsible for managing and expanding the Company’s strategic business relationships with key partners globally. He also leads initiatives to mentor and develop the Company’s next generation of leaders, instilling values of excellence and preparing them for senior roles. Additionally, Mr. Yulzari oversees the Company’s investments in startups founded by Company alumni, with a focus on ventures aligned with the Company’s core business activities. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Yulzari was a real estate entrepreneur, leading residential and commercial development projects in Tel Aviv and London. Before transitioning into business, he had a professional sports career as a goalkeeper in the Israeli Premier Football League and was a member of Israel’s national team.
Asheet Mehta has served as a director of the Company since 2024. Mr. Mehta is a seasoned financial services leader, board director, and former McKinsey senior partner with more than 30 years of experience partnering with global financial institutions, scaling businesses, and guiding CEOs through strategy, transformation, and risk management. He brings deep industry expertise, broad functional range, and extensive experience operating at the intersection of financial services, technology, and evolving regulatory environments. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Resfi.ai, a customer-centric financial services company that uses AI and behavioral finance to automatically deliver and implement financial advice for consumers on cash management and borrowing. Mr. Mehta also serves on the boards of Unqork and Piramal Finance, where he serves on the Risk and Sustainability Committee. He is a senior partner emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a senior advisor to Avantos.ai, Bright Money and NetXD. During his three-decade career at McKinsey, Mr. Mehta co-led the Global Financial Services and Payments practices, served on McKinsey’s board, and was chief transformation officer for North America. His client work spanned global universal banks, credit card companies, cash management banks, cross-border payments firms, exchanges, custody banks, insurers, asset and wealth managers, and financial technology companies. He partnered with CEOs and boards on strategy, technology modernization, performance transformation, growth, marketing, innovation, organizational change, and risk and regulatory management. Mr. Mehta also serves on the board of the Asia Society and the board of visitors of Columbia Engineering. Mr. Mehta holds an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Alison Davis has served as a director since 2024. Ms. Davis is an experienced corporate executive, public company board director, an active investor in growth companies and a best-selling author on the topics of technology and innovation. Ms. Davis is currently the Chairperson and Managing Partner of Fifth Era and Blockchain Coinvestors. She also currently serves on the boards of Bitwise and Kraken, chairs the advisory board of Blockchain Capital and the board of Renaissance Entrepreneurship, and is a director of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Northern California Chapter and Cambridge in America. Ms. Davis has served on the boards of over 25 public and private companies as a board chair and chair of the audit, compensation, and technology and innovation committees, including City National Bank, Diamond Foods, Dispatch Management Services, Fiserv, First Data Corporation, Janus Henderson Group, LECG, Ooma, NatWest (formerly RBS), Silicon Valley Bank, Unisys, and Xoom. Ms. Davis was previously the Managing Partner of Belvedere Capital, a regulated bank holding company and private equity firm focused on investing in U.S. banks and financial services firms where she worked closely with federal and state banking regulators. Prior to this, Ms. Davis was the Chief Financial Officer of Barclays Global Investors (now BlackRock), the world’s largest institutional investment firm, where she was part of the leadership team that launched the iShares product range. Earlier in her career, Ms. Davis spent 14 years as a strategy consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, executive teams and boards with McKinsey & Company, and as a practice leader with A.T. Kearney where she built and co-led the global Financial Services practice. She is a bestselling author and has been frequently named among the “Most Influential Women in Business” by the San Francisco Business Times. She received her B.A. with honors and MA in Economics from Cambridge University in England, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Jason Gardner has served as a director of the Company since 2026. Mr. Gardner has over 25 years of experience as a technology and payments entrepreneur. He currently serves as a director of Marqeta, Inc., which he founded and where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 2010-2023 and Executive Chair from 2023-2024, after leading the company through its initial public offering in 2021. Currently, he chairs Marqeta’s Payments Innovation Committee, guiding the company’s approach to innovation and technology. Previously, Mr. Gardner founded two other companies including PropertyBridge, a payments company for the multifamily real estate industry which was acquired by MoneyGram in 2007, and Vertical Think, an IT management company that supported start-ups and larger organizations. He also served as Director of Sales for the 451 Group, now part of S&P Global, which provides technology data, research and advisory services. Mr. Gardner received his B.A. from Arizona State University.