Gilles Gade is Founder, President and CEO of Cross River, having served as Chairman of the company since its inception in 2008. He leads the innovation-driven, state-chartered bank and technology infrastructure provider powering financial services. Previously, he was CFO at First Meridian Mortgage, Co-Founder/Managing Director at Chela Technology Partners, and worked at Citicorp Venture Capital, Bear Stearns (FIG Investment Banker), and Barclays Capital (Technology Investment Banker). He graduated from the MBA Institute IMIP (Groupe IPESUP) in Paris with a Masters of Science in International Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics. Gilles holds board positions at various global charitable organizations and institutions and is an active volunteer paramedic with MADA in Israel and Hatzalah in NY.

Gilles has previously spoken at Money2020, Fintech Meetup and other top-tier conferences. He has been featured on CNBC and in numerous other outlets.