Get to know the board

As the architect of Virgin Group's strategy from the mid-1990s until 2012, Gordon brings over four decades' worth of professional, executive and non-executive experience to Zopa.

He was responsible, in particular, for the creation and development of Virgin's Mobile and Money businesses around the world. Prior to that, he held roles at McKinsey and Baring Brothers, and non-executive roles across many Virgin companies.

He is currently a Senior Advisor to private equity group, Searchlight Capital and a Non-Executive Director at a number of companies, including Argent Energy (a major European producer of biodiesel from wastes) and Global Risk Partners (the UK’s leading independent insurance intermediary).

Devoted to creating simple and fair financial products and services, Jaidev joined Zopa in October 2014. Since then Zopa has more than quadrupled its loan volumes and revenues, achieved profitability, and secured its banking licence in order to offer its customers a wider range of financial products.

Before Zopa, Jaidev spent 12 years at Capital One. Starting out in McLean, Virginia, he was initially focused on the US card business. He then moved to the UK in 2007 with a big task at hand – to manage credit risk through the financial crisis as Chief Credit Officer for the UK business.

Having helped Capital One UK successfully navigate through the crisis, he took on the broader role of Chief Marketing Officer and was instrumental in returning the UK business back to profitability and growth.

Giles was one of five people who dreamed up Zopa in 2004. By 2007 he was CEO and became Chairman in 2015.

Zopa wasn't Giles' first venture. He co-founded Caverdale which he took from a start-up to a £250 million revenue motor retailer, before selling it in 1997.

After Caverdale he set up his own strategic consultancy. It had large clients in the General Retail and Financial Services sectors and provided start-up advice and early stage funding for new businesses.

Giles received an OBE for services to financial services in the 2016 New Year Honours list, and is currently a non-exec Chairman of Dynamic Credit, an asset manager and direct mortgage lender in the Netherlands.

Other roles

Giles acts as non-executive Chairman of Bethnal Green Ventures, the accelerator for start-ups using technology to make social or environmental impact. He is also Chairman at MarketInvoice, and Chairman at Kreditech, a lending business providing better access to credit for under-served consumers across multiple markets including Poland, Russia and India.

Jeppe is a General Partner at Northzone, based in London. With two decades of venture capital experience. After starting out at Deutsche Bank and Amadeus he joined Northzone and established the firm’s London office. His exits include Space Ape Games (exited to Supercell), EpiServer (exited to IK Investment Partners) and Tobii (IPO). Jeppe focuses primarily on finding network effects around enterprise software and fintech businesses, and his active portfolio includes Zopa, Trustpilot, Wagestream, Wallapop, MarketFinance, Nested, Anyfin and Truelayer.