Financial wellbeing company makes hires from TikTok and Sage

Bristol-based financial wellbeing business Loqbox has made two strategic new hires from tech giants TikTok and Sage to bolster its partnerships team and power its next phase of growth.

Ola Polak, former EMEA head of partnerships at TikTok and BytePlus, the enterprise technology wing of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, joins Loqbox as head of partnerships.

Jodie Guichard, formerly partner marketing manager at Sage, a leader in financial and business management software, comes on board as partner marketing manager.

Loqbox’s co-CEO and co-founder, Gregor Mowat, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Ola and Jodie to the Loqbox team. Their impressive backgrounds in building strategic partnerships and driving innovative marketing campaigns are exactly what we need as we continue to expand our reach and impact. Ola and Jodie both bring invaluable expertise that will help us forge stronger relationships and take Loqbox’s mission of financial empowerment to the next level. With their expertise, Loqbox is well-positioned to strengthen its brand presence and expand its impactful work.”

Loqbox provides personal finance tools that help members build their credit scores and access financial services that may have previously been out of reach. To date, Loqbox has helped over one million people improve their financial standing by saving and boosting their credit scores with the UK’s three leading credit reference agencies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.