WisdomTree Investments, Inc. announced that Daniela Mielke, a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience growing financial services, payments and fintech companies, has been appointed to WisdomTree's Board of Directors. The appointment follows the resignation of Susan Cosgrove, who served on the Board since 2019 and as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee Mielke is an experienced independent director and executive with deep and broad experience across important sectors for WisdomTree. As PayPal Inc.'s VP, Head of Global Strategy and Market Intelligence from 2010 to 2013, Ms. Mielke led PayPal's growth strategy during a time of major digital disruption in the payments industry.

She also played a key role in Visa International's IPO, the largest IPO in U.S. history at the time, serving as Visa's VP of Product and SVP of Strategy and Market Intelligence from 2002 to 2007. Most recently, from 2018 to 2020, she served as the North American CEO for RS2 Inc. From 2013 to 2016, Ms. Mielke was the Chief Strategy and Product Officer of Vantiv, Inc., where she developed a strategy that resulted in major acquisitions, and in 2001 founded a-connect, a firm which provides Fortune 1000 companies and private equity firms with top-notch independent consultants.Ms. Mielke serves on the board of directors of Nuvei Corporation and The Bancorp, Inc., as well as FINCA International, a global NGO dedicated to alleviating poverty. She received her bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the École hôtelière de Lausanne, an M.B.A. in International Management from the IMD Business School and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Fribourg.

More information on WisdomTree's Board of Directors can be found here.