Rikard Bandebo

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Economist at VantageScore

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Rikard Bandebo is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Economist at VantageScore, the fastest growing credit scoring company in the U.S.

Prior to his current role, Dr. Bandebo served as VantageScore’s Chief Product Officer, leading the data science and technology teams. In this role, he spearheaded the development of the VantageScore 4plus and VantageScore 5.0 credit score models.

Prior to VantageScore, he was the Chief Product Officer at the location data company Unacast, where he helped develop a product-driven focus during a period of exciting growth. At Clarivate (a former Thomson Reuters division), he led the product and strategy functions for MarkMonitor, leading the company’s divestiture and transition to Investcorp.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Bandebo led the Analytics and Advisory teams at First Data (now a Fiserv company) where he shared insights on the consumer, financial services, retail and small business sectors as Chief Economist.