Brad Van Leeuwen

Brad Van Leeuwen is the Co-Founder & COO at Cledara. Brad has over 10 years of experience in the financial technology industry.

Brad started their career as a Board Observer at TAM FAKTORING A.Ş. in 2012. In 2015, they became a Non Executive Board Member at NoviCap and also started working at dopay as the Chief Partnerships Officer. Brad held this position for three years before joining Railsbank in 2018 as the VP of Partnerships and Marketing.

At Railsbank, Brad was responsible for growing the partner network and overseeing marketing efforts globally. Brad was instrumental in expanding the company to the US and SE Asia, and increasing MRR by 10x. The company was named Best Startup at Web Summit's MoneyConf during their tenure, and they closed deals with US and Australian banking partners. Brad also worked with the VP of Sales to improve sales cycles by 80%.

In November 2019, Brad left Railsbank to co-found Cledara.

Brad Van Leeuwen studied commerce at Curtin University, with a focus on accounting and finance. Brad graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

They work with Andrei Tudorică - Software Engineer, Donal Quinn - Product Manager, and Freddie Argent - Sr. Saas Developer. Brad Van Leeuwen reports to Cristina Vila, Co-Founder & CEO.