Leaders & Founders - Sean Hunter, CIO, OakNorth

Sean Hunter is the CIO at OakNorth, one of the most successful and fastest growing FinTech companies and Challenger banks in the world. Through OakNorth Bank, they help small to medium sized businesses realise their dreams and ambitions, where they may otherwise be overlooked by more traditional banks.

In unprecedented times, OakNorth remains positive and strong in their approach in what is an uncertain market. They continue to lend to businesses to help them achieve their goals and hit their growth milestones, which is all processed through an intelligent internal monitoring analytics platform designed by some of the most talented engineers in the world.

Sean's background is impressive, with a background working as a Quant and FDE at the likes of Goldman Sachs and Palantir Technologies, where he was always deeply motivated by innovative software engineering practices. He is now a startup advisor to multiple early-stage tech businesses and as CIO at OakNorth, Sean became the first employee on their platform team. With a wealth of experience in understanding how to successfully build world-class teams and companies, Sean has some fantastic advice to business leaders looking to expand and for those experiencing challenges in the current climate.

In this episode, Sean tells us about his journey so far and how OakNorth are positioning themselves to continue their own growth in 2020. We get a great look at how one of the biggest lenders in Europe are gearing themselves and their portfolio up for growth and advancement through this strange time, and also get some great advice for how to stay healthy in 2020, what to focus on and what is possible with OakNorth.