Avant Names Matt Bochenek CEO
Bochenek, who has served as Avant COO since 2019, will succeed James Paris, who will become Vice Chairman
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CHICAGO, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Avant, a leading financial technology company that offers a full array of digital banking products to middle income US consumers, today announced the appointment of Matt Bochenek as CEO. He will succeed James Paris, who has served as CEO since January 2020. Paris will transition into a new role as Vice Chairman of Avant.
Bochenek has been COO of Avant since 2019 and brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial services to the role. As one of the company s earliest employees, he has played a significant role in shaping Avant s business over the past eight years, including spinning off the company s SaaS business, Amount, in 2020; helping shape the company s COVID-19 response and heightened support for customers undergoing financial hardship; and the April 2021 acqui