Jay Ersapah is the Risk analysis chief of Silicon Valley Bank, know about her biography, age, education and profile
Find out more about her background, career, and much more.
Jay Ersapah, the chief of risk analysis at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), has been accused of prioritizing LGBTQ efforts, including launching safe space catch-ups for workers and preparing a month-long pride drive before SVB lost billions and failed on Friday, March 10.
In a video released nine months prior, Jay Ersapah identified as “a queer person of color from a working-class background” and expressed her pride in working for SVB, serving underrepresented entrepreneurs.
Who is Jay Ersapah SVB Head of Financial Risk Management, biography, education, profile, career, LinkedIn
Jay Ersapah was the Head of Financial Risk Management at the recently collapsed Silicon Valley Bank.
Check out that bio folks. Hires like that are why you will see even more major businesses and banks collapse in the near future. pic.twitter.com/jxz1KYnu3e
— Carolina Sailing Patriot🏴🍊🇺🇸🏴☠️ (@Tarheelnation81) March 11, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank has gone bust owing $1.8 billion.
Without a Head of Risk Management for 9 months, the one appointed, Jay Ersapah seemed more interested in organising pride campaigns & 'Lesbian Visibility Day'. She identifies as a queer person of colour.
Get woke, go broke. pic.twitter.com/JeiR6wnPO4
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) March 12, 2023
The report comes after SVB’s collapse sent investors into a panic and resulted in a market loss of $1.8 billion. This led to a significant decrease in global banking and financial equities. As a result, SVB was the biggest bank to fail since the financial crisis of 2008.
Due to this, Jay Ersapah has become the talk of the town with many people trying to find out more about him. So, here’s what we know about him:
Who is Jay Ersapah?
Jay Ersapah is a well-known banking executive. She has been in the news because she has been accused of prioritizing LGBTQ efforts which led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
She is a resident of Barbican, England, United Kingdom.
Jay Ersapah attended Queen Elizabeth College. Later, she also attended the University of Warwick where she did a bachelor of science in Economics.
Her career
Jay Ersapah started her career by doing an internship at Ernst & Young. Later, she entered Citi Graduate Programme. After this, she started her full-time career at Barclays. Afterward, she worked as a recovery and Resolution Planning Lead at Deloitte.
In 2016, she become the head Of Prudential Policy at ICBC Standard Bank. She is also a Trustee at Diversity Role Models and a Member of the Risk Advisory Committee at the Association of Foreign Banks (AFB).
In October 2020, she become the EMEA Head of Financial Risk Management and Model Risk and Co-Chair of the LGBTQ+ network at Silicon Valley Bank.