Self-Financial Announces Executive Leadership Updates

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2026--

Self Financial, a credit-building platform focused on expanding access to credit, announced updates to its executive leadership team, including the appointment of Brett Billick as Chief Operating Officer, the promotion of Karthic Hariharan to Chief Technology Officer, and the addition of Ryan McLennan as Chief Legal Officer.

Billick, who previously served as Chief Marketing Officer, will now oversee operations, customer experience, marketing and analytics. Since joining Self in 2018, he has led marketing and growth functions, helping scale the company’s reach and product adoption to millions of customers. Prior to Self, Billick held executive marketing roles, including CMO at SpareFoot and Head of Marketing, U.S. at RetailMeNot. In his expanded role as COO, he will focus on aligning cross-functional teams to strengthen execution and deliver a more seamless experience for Self’s customers.

Hariharan has been promoted to CTO, recognizing his leadership across Self’s engineering organization. He joined the company in 2016 as its first lead engineer and has played a key role in building and scaling the platform, supporting many of the company’s product launches. Most recently, he served as Distinguished Engineer, leading initiatives to improve platform scalability, developer productivity, and implement tools and standards for the engineering team. As CTO, he will lead the company’s engineering and technical strategy.

McLennan joins Self as Chief Legal Officer and will oversee all legal, compliance and regulatory matters. He brings extensive experience advising fintech and technology companies, most recently serving as General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary at Amount, where he led legal, compliance and governance functions for the banking technology platform prior to the company’s acquisition. Previously, he was General Counsel at online lending company Avant, where he oversaw legal strategy across product development, regulatory engagement and capital markets initiatives.

“Our mission to expand access to credit remains as important as ever, and we’re focused on strengthening how we operate across the business,” said James Garvey, founder and CEO of Self Financial. “Brett, Karthic and Ryan each bring the leadership and experience to help us move with greater momentum as we continue building for our customers.”

Self provides a suite of tools designed to help people with low or no credit build credit history and establish a financial foundation to reach their goals. For more information, visit www.self.inc.

About Self Financial

Self Financial is a pioneering credit building company dedicated to helping people establish credit and a financial foundation. For over a decade, Self has empowered more than 4 million individuals with limited or no credit history with accessible tools to support their finances. Self is the Official Credit Building App of the San Antonio Spurs. Find it at Self.inc, on the Apple App Store (280,000+ reviews and an average 4.9 rating) and on Google Play.

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