Founders
Gal Krubiner
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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
Co-Founder and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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
Co-Founder and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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.
Sanjiv Das
Co-Founder and President
Management
Jon Dobres
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan Dobres serves as Chief Financial Officer at Pagaya. He joined the company in 2021 as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development before becoming Chief Strategy Officer. He previously served in senior investment roles at Hudson Executive Capital, including as CFO of several Hudson-sponsored investment vehicles, Flexis Capital and P. Schoenfeld Asset Management. Mr. Dobres started his career as a bank regulatory and M&A lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell and as a Vice President in technology investment banking at Bear Stearns & Co. Mr. Dobres majored in finance at Emory University where he graduated with distinction and received a JD with honors from Georgetown Law School.
Meryem Erzi
Chief Compliance Officer
Meryem serves as the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of Pagaya, where she oversees the company's compliance framework, ensuring adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards. With over 20 years of experience in financial services, she brings deep experience in corporate and consumer compliance risk management and regulatory oversight. Meryem is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, a testament to her extensive knowledge of compliance best practices. Before joining Pagaya, she spent 15 years at Bank of New York, where she held multiple senior leadership roles in Compliance. Most recently, she served as the Chief Consumer Compliance Officer, where she was responsible for enterprise-wide consumer compliance strategies, regulatory engagements, and risk mitigation initiatives.
Edward Mallon
Chief Investment Officer
Gaurav Nagla
Chief Product Officer
Gaurav Nagla serves as Chief Product Officer at Pagaya Technologies, overseeing product, engineering, and information security. With over 25 years of experience across fintech, SaaS, and banking, he brings deep expertise in building and scaling innovative, customer-first products. Prior to joining Pagaya, he led product for consumer banking at Blend and held senior product roles at global financial institutions. An inventor on multiple U.S. patents, Mr. Nagla blends technical depth with strategic vision to drive product-led growth.
Terry O’Neil
Chief Commercial Officer
Terry O’Neil is Chief Commercial Officer at Pagaya, leading Pagaya's partnership and growth functions since his appointment in 2026. Mr. O’Neil brings over 25 years of strategic expertise in consumer financial services, specializing in payments, partnerships and consumer strategy. He most recently served as Managing Director leading Embedded Payments and Strategic Partnerships at Citi. Prior to this, O’Neil held several key leadership positions across his tenure at Citi, including Chief Marketing Officer for Citi Retail Services and Managing Director of Citi Branded Cards, where he launched award-winning digital products and revitalized major co-brand partnerships. Mr. O’Neil holds a Bachelor's degree in Commercial Banking & Finance from Hofstra University.
Panch Panchanadeswaran
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Panchanadeswaran joined Pagaya in 2023 as Head of Commercial Operations and Strategy and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2026. He oversees Pagaya's global operations and the execution of corporate strategy. With over 40 years of experience, he has held leadership roles at global institutions including Citibank, Visa, Santander Bank and Caliber Home Loans. His expertise spans finance, consumer business and risk management, having served as CFO of CitiMortgage and Caliber Home Loans and COO of Consumer Risk, among other positions.
Oren Setter
Chief Technology Officer
With decades of experience at the intersection of technology, strategy, and operations, Oren is Pagaya’s Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the research and technology teams at the Company. He previously led various research and development groups within Israel's defense establishment and later served as Head of the Strategic Planning Division for the IDF. He is also a graduate of the elite Talpiot Program, holds a PhD in Operations Research, and recently became a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.