CROWDSTACKER has appointed James Blower

18/07/2019

CROWDSTACKER has appointed James Blower, founder of The Savings Guru, as an advisor to its board to assist with product development.

Blower will help the peer-to-peer business lender develop and launch a suite of new services, including what he called a “potentially game changing savings-related product”.

“What Crowdstacker has planned over the next few months and years is hugely exciting. After speaking to Karteek and hearing his vision to help savers it wasn’t a difficult decision to agree to get involved.” Blower said.

Blower previously ran National Australia Bank’s offshore savings bank Clydesdale Bank International in Guernsey and was the first savings director of challenger bank Shawbrook before launching consultancy and consumer savings information and comparison site, The Savings Guru.

He has since worked with a range of firms building savings business or applying for deposit taking banking licences, including Harrods Bank, Cambridge Building Society, specialist mortgage lender Pepper Money, Zopa and Arbuthnot Direct.

Karteek Patel, chief executive of Crowdstacker, said the platform will reveal details of its new product later this year and is delighted to have Blower on board. “James has the specific experience and knowledge of the market plus the specialist skills in product development and marketing to help us get this right to create a savings revolution.”