## Meet Our Team - Adelina Grozdanova

### Adelina Grozdanova

**Co-founder & Head of Investor Group**

Adelina is responsible for Upgrade’s investor relationships and capital markets.

Prior to Upgrade, Adelina ran the institutional investor team at Lending Club where she was responsible for managing relationships with a variety of institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments and foundations. Adelina started her career at Morgan Stanley, where she advised ABS and MBS issuers on financings through whole loan sales, structured solutions and secured funding facilities.

Adelina earned a BSE degree in Operations Research & Financial Engineering from Princeton University in 2007.

## Board of Directors

[**Anju Patwardhan**  
Fintech Venture Investor and Former Bank Executive](/content/board/anju-patwardhan/index.html)

[**Peter Sterling**  
Head of Specialty Finance & General Partner at Outpost Ventures, Neuberger Berman](/content/board/peter-sterling/index.html)

[**Chris Gottschalk**  
General Partner, Mouro Capital](/content/board/chris-gottschalk/index.html)

[**Dr. Joseph L. Breeden**  
CEO, Prescient Models LLC](/content/board/dr-joseph-l-breeden/index.html)

[**Joseph F. Huber**  
Former Senior Advisor, UBS](/content/board/joseph-f-huber/index.html)

[**Mark Ortiz**  
Former Global FP&A Leader and Chief Diversity Officer, GE Capital](/content/board/mark-ortiz/index.html)

[**Meyer "Micky" Malka**  
Founder, Ribbit Capital](/content/board/meyer-micky-malka/index.html)

[**Renaud Laplanche**  
Co-founder & CEO, Upgrade](/content/team/renaud-laplanche/index.html)