Denise Leonhard

Ms. Leonhard is chief commercial officer of Venmo, a mobile payment service owned by PayPal, with responsibility for driving growth and profitability. She was previously head of global credit expansion, business development and strategy at PayPal, focused on growing its consumer credit and merchant lending businesses. Prior to that role, Ms. Leonhard was PayPal’s senior director, global corporate strategy. Previously, she was vice president of business development and strategy at American Express and a management consultant at Oliver Wyman.

A graduate of Princeton University, Ms. Leonhard holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the board of directors at the Surfrider Foundation and previously served on the boards of NY/ NJ Baykeeper and Equality Charter School in New York.