PEPPER MONEY EXECUTIVE BIO
STEVEN MEEK
TITLE : CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER INDUSTRY : FINANCIAL SERVICES LOCATION : SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA
Steven joined Pepper Money in 2021 as Chief Information Officer and brings more than 20 years of diverse experience leveraging technology to drive business growth , operational performance , customer experience and innovation in dynamic , complex organisations including Macquarie Group and Coca-Cola Amatil .
Prior to Pepper Money , Steven led the global digital and technology transformation of Macquarie Group ’ s Principal Investing and Capital Solutions business and was previously the Head of Digital & Emerging Technologies for Coca-Cola Amatil .
Steven is a strategic business partner who combines divergent thinking , product and service development , data insights , and digital solution delivery to create positive results for customers and business performance .
“ As a business , we have industry leading turnaround times , innovative technology that has been established over many years , and a team of more than 1,000 people that have helped 327,000 customers from all walks of life ,” Meek says . “ We ' re now one of the largest and most trusted non-bank lenders in Australia and New Zealand .”
Incumbent , off-the-shelf solutions weren ’ t working Underpinning Pepper Money ’ s ascent is the fact that , to an extent , it has avoided some of the legacy issues that blight incumbent lenders – partly because , as a relatively young and agile organisation , it has managed to limit its exposure to legacy technology . Today , 90 % of its digital architecture flows through cloud and SaaS platforms , ensuring it strikes a balance between resilience , agility and cost efficiency . Every lender is trying to make that application experience faster and more seamless , Meek explains , but success still depends heavily on manual processes for many . “ Our digitisation journey took off in 2018 when it was clear we were facing an increasingly digital and competitive market ,”
2000
Year founded
1,000 + Number of employees
108 October 2022