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10 Airbnb finance leaders
These ten current and former Airbnb finance leaders, including Airbnb's CFO and a former Airbnb CFO, have run finance, controllership, treasury, tax, investor relations and FP&A work at Airbnb. Readers can learn how Airbnb's finance team approaches planning, reporting, payments and capital decisions for a global marketplace.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abi Adeoti
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Head of Finance for the Airbnb Platform Business Unit · Airbnb
Former Senior Director, Head of Finance for the Airbnb Platform Business Unit (2022–2025). The profile describes the role as finance business partner to Airbnb's Head of Global Operations, directing global finance strategy for Airbnb's largest cost base. Other roles include Senior Director Financial Planning Analysis at Twitter (2021–2022).
Andrew Slabin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Investor Relations · Airbnb
Vice President, Investor Relations at Airbnb since January 2026, a role his profile lists in Finance & Accounting. He was Executive Vice President, Global Investor Strategy Investor Relations at Warner Bros. Discovery (2017–2025) and Portfolio Manager - Media Entertainment Internet at Man GLG (2004–2013).
Dave Stephenson
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Airbnb
Former CFO of Airbnb (2019–2024), a role his profile lists in Finance & Accounting at the C-Level. He has been Chief Business Officer at Airbnb since 2024, a role his profile places in General Management at the C-Level, and Head of Employee Experience at Airbnb since 2021.
Ellie Mertz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Airbnb
Chief Financial Officer at Airbnb since March 2024. At Airbnb she was also VP of Finance (2019–2024) and Head of Global Financial Planning & Analysis (2013–2019), and she has been Board Member and Audit Chair at DoorDash since 2022 and at Faire since 2022.
Jeff Moeller
LinkedInExperience: Director, FP&A Payments · Airbnb
Director, FP&A Payments at Airbnb since August 2022, a role his profile lists in Finance & Accounting at the Director level. He was Head of Finance - SMB & Shopping (Honey) at PayPal (2021–2022), Director, Strategic Finance and Pricing Strategy at PayPal (2020–2021) and Director, Strategic Finance at PayPal (2019–2020).
Kristen Bowden
LinkedInExperience: Controller · Airbnb
Controller at Airbnb since September 2026 and former Director, Platform Controlling at Airbnb (2022–2026). She was also Sr. Manager, Platform Controlling - Revenue Operations at Airbnb (2019–2022) and Director, Americas and Global Revenue Controller at eBay (2018–2019).
Nicholas Roth
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics, Business Organization · Airbnb
Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics, Business Organization at Airbnb since November 2025; his profile says he leads the strategic finance and analytics team supporting Airbnb's Chief Business Officer. At Airbnb he was also Head of Strategic Finance & Analytics for Marketing, Product, Global Markets (2024–2025) and Director, Strategic Finance and Analytics (2020–2024).
Renee Jewell
LinkedInExperience: Controller at Airbnb, and CFO Airbnb Payments Inc. · Airbnb
Former Controller at Airbnb and CFO of Airbnb Payments Inc. (2021–2026), a role her profile lists in Finance & Accounting at the C-Level. She also held Controller, Platform Airbnb and CFO Airbnb Payments Inc. (2018–2021), and she was Director, North America Marketplaces Controller at eBay (2012–2018).
Todd Tippett
LinkedInExperience: Director, Tax Accounting and Reporting · Airbnb
Director, Tax Accounting and Reporting at Airbnb since August 2018, a role his profile lists in Finance & Accounting at the Director level. He was Senior Director of Tax and Treasury at Twitter (2017–2018), Tax Director at Twitter (2012–2017) and Senior Tax Manager at Align Technology, Inc. (2010–2012).
Yiwei Tang, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Treasury & Capital Markets · Airbnb
Director, Treasury & Capital Markets at Airbnb since December 2017, a role the profile lists in Finance & Accounting at the Director level. Other roles include Associate Portfolio Manager, Global Asset Allocation at AQR Capital Management (2015–2017) and Investment Analyst Derivatives Trader at Penn Mutual Asset Management, LLC (2012–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's finance specialty to your question, since controllership, tax, treasury and FP&A leaders see different parts of Airbnb's finance decisions. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Airbnb experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Airbnb's finance team plan and forecast a marketplace business with seasonal travel demand?
- 02What controls and reporting does Airbnb need around host payouts and guest payments across many countries?
- 03How does Airbnb's finance organization evaluate new business lines and major spending decisions?
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