Affirm CFO Fireside Chat - December 2022

Michael Linford is the Chief Financial Officer at Affirm, where he oversees and manages the Company’s accounting, finance, capital markets, corporate development and strategic partnerships departments. Prior to joining Affirm, Michael held multiple leadership roles within investment, IT, and software companies. Previously, Michael was the Chief Financial Officer for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Software. Michael led commercial work for all HPE separations and previously served as the VP of M&A Integration at HP. Additionally, Michael dedicated seven years to global investment firm KKR & CO, working his way to Principal and offering strategic and tactical support to a wide portfolio of companies as a member of the operations group. He started his career in management consulting as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company focused on consumer and retail clients. Michael holds a B.S. from The University of Texas at Austin where he studied Mechanical Engineering.

Dan Dolev joined Mizuho in May 2020 as a senior analyst covering the FinTech sector. Prior to Mizuho, Dan worked at Macquarie as an equity research senior analyst covering payments and business services, and has held similar roles at Nomura Instinet and Jefferies. He has 13+ years of experience and began his research career at Sanford Bernstein. In 2015, he was voted Rising Star by Institutional Investor (II) in Business Services. Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Cum Laude, from Columbia University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.