Eyal Levy
Founder & CEO
Eyal Levy, the founder of Banana Exchange, was the founder of Platinum Funding Group (PFG) and has 25 years of extensive experience with factoring and commercial finance in the US and UK. PFG, a premier factoring company, was headquartered in New York City with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Florida, New Jersey and London. PFG commenced its operations in 1992, but had to cease its operations in the first quarter of 2010 as its bank lenders decided to exit the market of financing cash-flow providers. PFG was the leader of its niche financing distressed customers, with over $250 Million in annual funding.
Mr. Levy started his career at Elisra, an Israeli defense contractor that marketed sensitive electronic products to the CIA, FBI, US Air Force and US Special Forces. Currently,
Mr. Levy is a mentor in the Harvard Business School entrepreneurship program.
Lee Levy Havakuk
President
Amit Eisenthal
Chief Strategy Officer
Amit is responsible for managing relations with company customers, partners and investors, and for overseeing product design and operations. Amit has vast experience in the Fintech credit industry, previously holding key positions in two startups that innovated credit scoring and digital asset backed credit. Before Fintech, Amit worked as developer and project manager for 6 years at Check Point, a leader in cyber security.
Vladimir Gisser
Chief Technology Officer
Vladimir Gisser, CTO at Banana Exchange, is based in the Banana Exchange Boston office, leading Banana Exchange’s R&D Department. Mr. Gisser has over 15 years of experience in the hi-tech industry, specializing in the architecture of complex systems for enterprise solutions. He is responsible for the organization’s Research & Development efforts in achieving the product vision.
Tal Lea Levy
Marketing Director
Tal Lea Levy, Marketing Director, joined Banana Exchange in 2018 and is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of marketing strategies as well as manages the Banana Exchange Social Media and website activities. Tal has extensive marketing experience and a comprehensive knowledge of branding.
Graeme Maisels
Chief Data Officer
Graeme Maisels joined Banana Exchange in 2020 as Director of Sales and was responsible for sales, onboarding and retention of Banana Exchange customers. Graeme lead sales strategies, managed the sales team and leads business development. He now serves as Chief Data Officer. Graeme has 20 years of financial experience in both banking and fintech companies.
Brian O'Neill
Director of Sales and Operations
Brian oversees both our sales and operations departments. In doing so He is responsible for the onboarding, retention, and servicing of all Banana Exchange customers. As well as, managing relations with company clients, partners and investors. Brian has been around the financial services industry for over 10 years and has held key positions in startups and large scale companies in the Merchant Cash Advance industry.
Bella Levy
Business Development
Dr. Bella Levy, PhD, joined Banana Exchange in 2020. Bella has an extensive background in business development as she worked side-by-side Eyal Levy in running PlatinumArt, a high-end art factoring business, for over 10 years.