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Green Dot Appoints Kim Olson as Chief Risk Officer

March 3 2025

Green Dot Appoints Kim Olson as Chief Risk Officer

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Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) today announced that Kim Olson has joined the company as Chief Risk Officer responsible for overseeing all aspects of Green Dot’s risk management strategy and program execution and reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

“Kim is a proven leader with skills and experience that will bolster our commitment to and focus on compliance and risk management,” said George Gresham, Chief Executive Officer, Green Dot. “We have been making great strides across all areas of our risk management teams and processes, and we look forward to Kim helping us further establish a strong risk management foundation that sets Green Dot up for long-term growth and success.”

Olson joins Green Dot from Discover Financial Services where she was the Head of the Office of Remediation, responsible for overseeing and challenging the enterprise’s remediation of significant regulatory matters, including consent orders, since November 2023. She has over 30 years of deep and multi-faceted financial services experience, previously serving as chief risk officer and in senior risk oversight roles at leading global banking organizations, as well as rating agency and professional services experience advising financial institutions on risk management, evolving regulations and strategy. Olson began her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where she held a variety of senior policy, regulatory and examination roles in banking supervision.

“I am honored to join Green Dot and look forward to leading the Risk function to strengthen risk and compliance management practices that enable sound and sustained business growth,” said Kim Olson. “I am excited to help further Green Dot’s mission to provide seamless banking and payments solutions that serve the financial needs of businesses and consumers.”

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