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Ken Auspaker

Ken Auspaker is the Chief Financial Officer at Lead.

He oversees the Product Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Finance Strategy, and Internal Audit teams. As the steward of the bank’s balance sheet and P&L, he provides strategy for driving financial growth and efficiencies, developing processes that allow Lead to scale quickly while maintaining strong oversight.

Before Lead, Ken spent over five years at IntraFi, most recently as Chief Business Officer, where he led several teams including Corporate and Business Development, Sales Operations, and Data Analytics. Previously, he spent more than a decade at Evercore as a Managing Director on the fintech investment banking team, where he provided M&A, capital raising, and IPO advisory for sectors including exchanges, payments, online brokerage, wealth tech, financial data, and trading technologies. Prior to Evercore, he was an analyst on the FIG investment banking team at Putnam Lovell.

Ken holds a Bachelor of Science in Policy Analysis & Management from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Ken Auspaker

Chief Financial Officer

Ken Auspaker is the Chief Financial Officer at Lead.

He oversees the Product Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Finance Strategy, and Internal Audit teams. As the steward of the bank’s balance sheet and P&L, he provides strategy for driving financial growth and efficiencies, developing processes that allow Lead to scale quickly while maintaining strong oversight.

Before Lead, Ken spent over five years at IntraFi, most recently as Chief Business Officer, where he led several teams including Corporate and Business Development, Sales Operations, and Data Analytics. Previously, he spent more than a decade at Evercore as a Managing Director on the fintech investment banking team, where he provided M&A, capital raising, and IPO advisory for sectors including exchanges, payments, online brokerage, wealth tech, financial data, and trading technologies. Prior to Evercore, he was an analyst on the FIG investment banking team at Putnam Lovell.

Ken holds a Bachelor of Science in Policy Analysis & Management from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.