PayPal is playing executive shuffle, creating new business units for consumer, small businesses, and large enterprises, with a focus on speed, innovation, and global growth.
There’s movement in the world of digital payments , where the clink of coins is replaced by the hum of algorithms, global payments giant, PayPal, is playing a little executive musical chairs. Shuffling the suits is all aimed at fostering innovation, serving global markets, and growing globally and all the movement in personnel is accompanied by the creation of a number of new business units to better serve customers.
New Faces at PayPal
In a move that marks a new chapter in HR, Isabel Cruz takes the stage as the Chief People Officer, tasked with orchestrating talent and crafting a global real estate strategy. Joining PayPal, Michelle Gill spearheads the Small Business and Financial Services Group, while Diego Scotti conducts the Consumer Group and Global Marketing & Communications ensemble.
Today we announced the addition of several new executive leaders as we organize around our customers and position PayPal for its next phase of growth. https://t.co/JbreqWsc8h
— PayPal News (@PayPalNews) November 15, 2023
"We are redesigning PayPal with our customers at the center and
creating an environment that unleashes our teams to move with speed and build
the best possible products and experiences to meet their needs," said Alex
Chriss, President and CEO of PayPal. "I'm excited to welcome world-class
leaders to PayPal who believe in our mission and have the expertise to help
scale our global business."
Scotti and Gill Take Center Stage
Diego Scotti has stepped up to lead PayPal's consumer offerings in a seamless, integrated manner, and will orchestrate global marketing for PayPal and Venmo.
Meanwhile, Michelle Gill will lead small business products and services, turning them into a unified and engaging area of business.
Rounding out the changes, PayPal veteran Frank Keller has been appointed SVP, General Manager of PayPal's Large Enterprise and Merchant Platform Group, effective immediately. Both Keller and Bimal Patel, the current SVP, General Counsel, will join the company's senior leadership team.
New Units
Alongside all these changes in personnel, PayPal is creating three distinct: Consumer, Small Business, and Large Enterprise. The aim? To harmonize innovation, data, and platform power into a service that resonates in the market, promising meaningful growth for the company.
"By organizing our teams into defined business units, we focus on what's most important to our customers, leverage the power of our data and platform to deliver with increased speed, and package our innovation in a way that differentiates us in the market. This will position us to drive meaningful growth for the company," said Chriss.
After all the movement and reorganization, the stage seems set for the company to hit 2024 in good shape.