Albert J. Ko

Director at LPL Financial

Mr. Ko serves as the chief executive officer of Early Warning Services, LLC, a bank-owned financial technology company that operates the Zelle Network®, a digital payments network connecting two thousand financial institutions, enabling real-time money transfers, person-to-person payments, and other payment services. He has held this position since May 2019. From February 2006 to May 2019, Mr. Ko held senior executive roles at Intuit Inc., a business software company that specializes in financial software, including chief transformation officer, general manager of Mint, which is a personal financial management app, and head of product for Intuit’s Small Business Group. Prior to joining Intuit, Mr. Ko was a management consultant at both the Boston Consulting Group, Inc. and McKinsey & Company, where he advised technology and industrial clients. He also currently serves on the board of directors of Elation Health, Inc., a privately held healthcare technology company. Mr. Ko received a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Mr. Ko’s pertinent qualifications include: his 20-year career experience leading at scale businesses and developing innovative product experiences in financial technology, payments, and consumer and small business management; consumer insights and entrepreneurial mindset developed in overseeing transformational change initiatives at Intuit focused on best serving its customers; expertise in strategic planning and organizational effectiveness gained from his experience as a management consultant; and a deep understanding of the financial services industry, including institutional risk management, from serving as chief executive officer of a fintech company owned by seven of the country’s leading banks.

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