Ben Atkinson

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VP of Auto

Upstart

Jul 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)

Head of Indirect Auto Lending
P&L Owner
VP Strategic Partnerships

AutoFi

Apr 2023 - Jul 2025 (2 years 4 months)

Responsible for revenue generation, and retention from AutoFi’s Enterprise businesses, including Lender, OEM, Dealer Group, and Marketplaces.
Head of Lender Success

AutoFi

Apr 2020 - Mar 2023 (3 years)

Digitized and scaled a multi-lender network
200K to 2M lender decisions annually
Life cycle management of all lenders
Head of Customer Success

AutoFi

Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 (1 year)

Scaled dealer base from 100 to 1,000+
Implemented core operating systems
MRR growth 12x + lowered net churn
Head of Lending Strategy

AutoFi

Apr 2017 - Mar 2019 (2 years)

Built 1st digital auto lending marketplace
8 of the top 10 US non-captive lenders
30+ captive lenders

Recruited to scale Upstart Auto Finance
Head of Auto Lending

BBVA in the USA

Jun 2012 - May 2017 (5 years)

Head of US Auto (1 year)

P&L responsibility
$3.5B Portfolio
$100M Annual Revenue

Director US Auto Strategy (4 yrs)

Direct to Global Head of Strategy
Designed/executed Strategic Plan
Rebuilt and digitized core systems
Scaled operating processes
Staffed Sales, Credit, Ops (20-100+)
Portfolio growth from $0.5B to $3.5B
2013-17 BBVA Top Talent Program

Joined AutoFi Founding Leadership Team
Regional Manager

JPMorgan Chase Co

Jul 2003 - Jun 2012 (9 years)

Regional Sales Manager (7 years)
Responsible for:
$600M in annual loan originations
114% improvement in profitability

Regional Credit Manager (2 years)
Responsible for:
$4.5B Portfolio
$1.8B Loan origination budget
$1.9M Operating budget
2,200 Dealer base
35-person Underwriting team

Top 10% of Managers 09-11
Talent Development Program 2010
Presidents Club winner 2009

Recruited restart/scale BBVA Auto Business
Leadership Development

Ford Credit

Aug 1996 - Jul 2003 (7 years)

LDP (2 years)
Commercial Lending (3 years)
Consumer Lending (2 years)

Recruited to join Chase Auto

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