Jaidev Janardana is Chief Executive Officer of Zopa. For the past 16 years, Jaidev has been devoted to creating simple, fair financial products and services for consumers by leveraging technology and analytics.

Jaidev joined Zopa in 2014. Since then Zopa has more than quadrupled its loan volumes and revenues, achieved profitability for its peer to peer business, and secured a banking licence in order to offer people in the UK a wider range of financial products.

Previously, Jaidev was the CMO at Capital One (Europe). Jaidev joined Capital One during 2002 in its US office in McLean, Virginia. After 5 years working in the US Credit Card business, he transitioned to the UK in December 2007 as Chief Credit Officer for the UK business. Since then he held a number of roles in the business, from heading up its Risk Operations function to leading its New Customer Acquisition and Business Development efforts. Jaidev has an MBA from The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a B.Tech. from Gujarat University.