Funding Circle announced that Lisa Jacobs, Managing Director of Funding Circle UK, is to succeed Samir Desai CBE as Chief Executive Officer from January 1st 2022. After 12 years as CEO, Samir has decided to step back from day-to-day activities at the end of this year and transition to a new role as Non-Executive Director. Lisa Jacobs joined Funding Circle in September 2012 as Chief Strategy Officer and is currently Managing Director of Funding Circle's UK business. Prior to joining Funding Circle, Lisa was a financial services consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.