Charles Schwab veteran Barry Metzger joins DriveWealth as first Chief Brokerage Officer; Former OnePay executive Emily Chardac is appointed Chief People Officer

DriveWealth, a leading financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the introduction of Barry Metzger as Chief Brokerage Officer (CBO) and appointment of Emily Chardac as Chief People Officer (CPO).

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Barry Metzger, Chief Brokerage Officer at DriveWealth

In their respective roles, Metzger and Chardac will report directly to DriveWealth’s CEO, Naureen Hassan, and help to scale the company’s expansion and further extend its operations in global markets.

“DriveWealth is redefining how people around the world access investing opportunities and build wealth,” said Naureen Hassan, Chief Executive Officer at DriveWealth. “Barry and Emily each bring a unique and specialized expertise that will help accelerate our mission to make investing simple, accessible and global at scale. We are very pleased to have two highly experienced and respected industry leaders joining our team.”

Metzger joins DriveWealth as its first Chief Brokerage Officer, bringing more than two decades of experience leading transformation across top financial institutions. In this role, he will lead the trading and operations organization and partner closely with the technology and product teams to strengthen DriveWealth’s operational foundation. Prior to DriveWealth, Metzger served as Managing Director of Income and Wealth Solutions at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., where he played a pivotal role in integrating Schwab and TD Ameritrade’s trading businesses, strengthening the firm’s position and support for both retail and institutional investors. He previously served as CEO of optionsXpress, where he drove innovation in digital brokerage and trading platforms.

Chardac joins DriveWealth as Chief People Officer, where she will be leading global talent, culture and communication operations to continue the organization’s efforts to inspire employees and drive innovation. She brings deep expertise scaling fintech and financial services organizations, having most recently served as Chief People Officer at OnePay, where she helped integrate three companies and grow the platform to a $2.5 billion valuation. Her previous leadership roles at Guggenheim Capital and Square (now Block) strengthened her expertise in workforce transformation, IPO readiness and scaling innovative teams.

These strategic hires follow Hassan’s appointment as DriveWealth’s CEO in August. Hassan, who was previously President of UBS Americas, was appointed to guide the company’s operations, lead its continued growth and expansion across markets, and help fulfill DriveWealth’s mission of democratizing investing around the world.

DriveWealth is a leading provider of Brokerage-as-a-Service and other critical investment infrastructure supporting an average of over 2 million trades per day across markets in five continents, including the U.S., the EU/UK, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, and Brazil. The company facilitates 24-hour trading, fractional share execution and multi-asset class support for millions of individual global investors.

These executive additions follow DriveWealth’s latest announcement that it was selected to power OnePay’s embedded investment platform, OnePay Invest, furthering the company’s mission to make investing accessible for all.

About DriveWealth:

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology platform. Our core business is providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, powering the investing and trading experiences for digital wallets, broker-dealers, asset managers and consumer brands. DriveWealth’s APIs provide our partners with a modern, extensible and flexible toolkit to develop everything from traditional investment workflows to more innovative techniques like rounding up purchases into fractional share ownership. DriveWealth, LLC is a registered broker dealer, member of FINRA and SIPC. Visit legal.drivewealth.com for full disclosures.

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