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Avant Names Ryan Lawrence As General CounselAvant, a credit-first financial technology company* that provides access to innovative financial solutions to underserved non-prime customers, today announced its appointment of Ryan Lawrence as General Counsel. "We are thrilled to have Ryan join our management team at this very exciting time in the company's growth trajectory," said Matt Bochenek, CEO of Avant. "As we look ahead and begin to make plans for 2023, I am confident that Ryan's experience and leadership will be instrumental to our continued success." Lawrence brings to the position over sixteen years of leadership experience across multiple public companies and a large international law firm. Most recently, he served as General Counsel at Shift Technologies, Inc. and was previously a Partner in the Corporate and Securities Group at Mayer Brown LLP. His in-house experience also includes Deputy General Counsel, Corporate at Cushman & Wakefield, Assistant General Counsel at Royal Caribbean and Chief Legal Officer at Textura, where he led the legal effort in its 2013 IPO and sale to Oracle in 2016. Lawrence graduated from Uniersity of Illinois Chicago School of Law and earned his B.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "I'm excited to be part of the incredible team at Avant as they build upon their offering to non-prime consumers in this critical economic environment," said Lawrence. "Avant is unparalleled in its ability to meet the financial needs of hard-working Americans, and I'm proud to play a role in their inevitable growth and expansion." For more information, visit Avant's website: https://www.avant.com/press
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*Avant, LLC is a financial technology company, not a bank. Avant-branded credit products are issued by WebBank
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