Oportun Financial Corporation announced that it is promoting Kate Layton to the role of Chief Legal Officer, reporting to CEO, Raul Vazquez. Layton has been with Oportun since 2015, most recently serving as Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Before joining Oportun, Layton was a Senior Corporate Counsel at ServiceNow, and prior to moving in-house was an attorney at Simpson Thacher &Bartlett LLP and McDermott Will &Emery LLP.

Layton replaces Joan Aristei, who recently stepped down after more than nine years with the company.