Former Fanatics exec David Katz joins Afterpay

Australian buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay has appointed David Katz as its new global Chief Product Officer.

"The customer demand for Afterpay has grown beyond our expectations in markets across the world," says Anthony Eisen, Co-Founder and CEO. "It's critical that we have a leader of David's calibre and experience to continue to deliver real value to both consumers and merchants through our innovative platform - taking our service to the next level."

"Afterpay is one of these unique businesses that sits at the intersection of retail, technology and payments - delivering 'win wins' for both retailers and consumers," comments Katz.

"I couldn't be more excited to join this fast-growing business and dynamic team that is so committed to its customers and has been so creative in defining new ways to shop and manage money responsibly."

Katz was most recently Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design at sports e-commerce venture Fanatics. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of Groupon's consumer mobile division, Vice President of Mobile and Mobile Strategy at Yahoo!, and a member of the Technology, Telecom and Media (TTM) practice at McKinsey & Co.  

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