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10 former PayPal risk leaders
These ten people led risk teams or risk work at PayPal and have since left the company. A reader can learn how risk work was run at a company like PayPal from people who did it there.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Inzelberg
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of AI ML Merchant Credit & Fraud Risk · PayPal
Former Head of AI ML Merchant Credit & Fraud Risk at PayPal (2021–2024) and Head of Global Onboarding Fraud Risk at PayPal (2020–2021). Adam Inzelberg has worked at Meta since 2024, listed as Data Science Manager and, since 2026, as Head of Financial Risk, Data Science.
Faraz Aleem
LinkedInExperience: Former Director- Global Large Enterprise Risk Policy & Strategy · PayPal
Former Director- Global Large Enterprise Risk Policy & Strategy at PayPal (2022–2024). Faraz Aleem held other PayPal risk roles, including Director - Global Seller Risk Strategy; Business Sellers and Partners (2021–2022) and Head of Risk- Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa & Head of EMEA Resolutions & Protections (2015–2018), and has been Vice President of Risk Management at Paysafe since 2024.
Genady Shkolnik
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of consumer risk - P2P payments · PayPal
Former Head of consumer risk - P2P payments at PayPal (2020–2021) and Head of consumer risk - German market at PayPal (2016–2019). Genady Shkolnik also held Risk Manager (2013–2016) and Senior Risk Analyst (2012–2013) roles at PayPal, and most recently worked as Fraud Consultant at Lemonade (2022–2025).
Krishna Pal (KP) Singh
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Consumer Risk · PayPal
Former Director, Consumer Risk at PayPal (2020–2022), where a highlight says they managed end-to-end risk (policy, strategy, analytics, product management) for PayPal's new product launches, global debit card and in-store products. Krishna Pal (KP) Singh also held Senior Manager Risk Management (2018–2020) and Manager, Risk Management (2015–2018) roles at PayPal and has been Head Of Risk at Greenlight since 2022.
Oded Rosen
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Head of Consumer Risk · PayPal
Former Sr. Director, Head of Consumer Risk at PayPal (2025) and Head of Financial Risk for PayPal P2P, Venmo and Xoom at PayPal (2022–2025). Oded Rosen also held Risk Strategy Director (2021–2022) and Risk Strategy Manager (2016–2021) roles at Venmo, and has been VP, Zelle Fraud Risk Management at Early Warning since 2026.
Sid Pershad
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Head Global Seller Risk Strategy PayPal · PayPal
Former Sr. Director, Head Global Seller Risk Strategy PayPal at PayPal (2018–2021) and Sr. Director Risk Management at PayPal (2014–2018). Sid Pershad was Head of Global Seller Risk & Counterfeit Intelligence at eBay (2021–2025) and has been Vice President,Marketplace Risk at Walmart since 2025.
Sorin J.
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Head of Risk, Venmo & Xoom · PayPal
Former Senior Director, Head of Risk, Venmo & Xoom at PayPal (2019–2022), a role the profile tags at director level, and Director, Risk Management, Xoom at PayPal (2015–2019). Sorin J. was Vice President, Head of Risk at Binance.US (2022–2024) and has been General Manager, Payments & Risk at Netspend since 2025.
Tim Minall
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (UK) · PayPal
Former Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (UK) at PayPal (2023–2025), where a highlight says they led enterprise risk with financial and non-financial risk oversight. Tim Minall also held Global Risk Officer - Merchant (2021–2023) and Chief Risk Officer EMEA (2018–2022) roles at PayPal, and has been Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Worldline since 2025.
Trevor Wilson
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Enterprise & Operational Risk · PayPal
Former Senior Director, Enterprise & Operational Risk at PayPal (2025–2026), where a highlight says they led the global risk management teams responsible for PayPal's enterprise-wide frameworks for enterprise risk assessment and enterprise resiliency. Trevor Wilson also held Director, Global Third Party Risk Oversight at PayPal (2021–2023) and has been Director of Enterprise Risk Management at Upstart since 2026.
Xiancheng Han
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Data Science, Head of Global Risk and Operations Intelligence · PayPal
Former Senior Director, Data Science, Head of Global Risk and Operations Intelligence at PayPal (2022–2025) and Director, Data Science, Global Fraud Risk at PayPal (2021–2022). Xiancheng Han also held Senior Manager, Data Science, Consumer Risk at PayPal (2018–2021) and has been Global Head of Risk at OKX since 2025.
Choose the right perspective
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How would you divide responsibility between risk policy, risk operations and risk data science in a payments business?
- 02Which loss metrics did you rely on most, and how did you balance losses against customer friction?
- 03What did you change first when you took over a risk team, and why?
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