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Brad van Leeuwen
Cledara

Brad van Leeuwen

Co-founder and chief operating officer

Why watch

A former development banker and fintech partnerships lead, he joined Cledara as co-founder in 2020 and now runs its operations.

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Brad van Leeuwen is co-founder and chief operating officer of Cledara, the London, England, software spend management company. He joined in January 2020 as co-founder and chief revenue officer. Read our review of Cledara.

Banking and Fintech Partnerships

He began as a principal at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He later became chief partnerships officer at the payroll start-up dopay, where Cledara founder Cristina Vila Vives also worked, and was a non-executive director of the invoice finance company NoviCap. Before Cledara he worked on marketing and business development at Railsbank, the banking-as-a-service company.

Role at Cledara

He first led sales and revenue at Cledara and now runs its operations. He also speaks for the company on software and AI spending.