Board of Directors

Chairman

Jessica Buss has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Open Lending since March 2025 and Interim CFO since July 2025. .  Ms. Buss has served on our board of directors since August 2020 and has served as chairman of our board of directors since July 2023. Ms. Buss previously served as the chief executive officer of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd, a subsidiary of Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. (NYSE, TSX: BNT) from November 2023 until March 2025. She was previously the President, U.S. Insurance, of Argo Group prior to its acquisition by Brookfield from August 2022 until November 2023. Previously, Ms. Buss served as the president and chief executive officer of GuideOne Insurance Company from 2017 until her resignation in April 2022, and prior to that, she was senior vice president—Commercial and Specialty Lines at State Auto Insurance Companies. Ms. Buss held several other positions during her tenure at State Auto, including chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the company’s specialty subsidiary, and senior vice president of Specialty. Prior to joining State Auto, Ms. Buss was a member of a three-person team that raised the capital for the formation and start-up operations of Rockhill Holdings, a niche property and casualty business that was purchased by State Auto in 2009. She was also the chief financial officer for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. In 2016, Ms. Buss was named one of Insurance Business’ Elite Women of the Year. Ms. Buss has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida.

Director

Abhijit Chaudhary has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Open Lending since November 2025.  Mr. Chaudhary serves as Executive Vice President, Global Debit, Prepaid & Sustainability Products of Mastercard Inc. Mr. Chaudhary previously served as Chief Product Officer of Pagaya Technologies Ltd. from October 2023 until November 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Chaudhary served as Chief Product Officer of Green Dot Corporation from January 2022 until October 2023. Mr. Chaudhary previously served in other roles at Green Dot Corporation, including EVP, Head of Direct to Consumer from January 2021 until December 2022 and General Manager, Direct to Consumer from June 2018 until December 2020.  Mr. Chaudhary received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune and a Master of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University.

Director
Eric A. Feldstein has been the Chief Financial Officer of New York Life Insurance Company since October 2019.  Prior to joining New York Life Insurance Company, Mr. Feldstein served as the Chief Financial Officer of Health Care Service Corporation from 2016 to 2019. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an Executive Vice President with American Express. Mr. Feldstein began his career in finance with General Motors where he held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility. He served as Treasurer from 1997 to 2002, and subsequently served as CEO of GMAC Financial Services from 2002-2008. Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Director
Blair Greenberg has served as a member on the Board of Directors of Open Lending since March 2016. Mr. Greenberg is also a partner at Bregal Sagemount (Bregal Investments, Inc.) and has been with the fund since January 2013. Prior to Bregal Sagemount, Mr. Greenberg worked at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCMI, Inc.) (“TCV”) from July 2006 to January 2013, where he focused on investing in technology and financial services companies. Prior to TCV, Mr. Greenberg worked for UBS Investment Bank (UBS Group AG) (“UBS”) in the Financial Institutions Group from July 2004 to June 2006. At UBS, Mr. Greenberg focused on mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions for financial technology, asset management, and specialty finance companies. Mr. Greenberg received a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington, and an MBA with concentrations in Finance, Management & Strategy, and Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Director

Todd C. Hart has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Open Lending since September 2025.  Mr. Hart founded and has served as Chairman & CEO of the Upland Capital Group and related entities since 2020. 

From 2018 to 2021, he served on the GuideOne Mutual Insurance Companies Boards of Directors and chaired the Audit & Risk Management Committee. From 2012 to 2018, he was CEO of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, a northeast coastal home-owners company. Mr. Hart led its post-Superstorm Sandy recapitalization, growth to profitability, and sale to Heritage Insurance in 2017. From 2009 to 2011, he served as CEO of the Swiss-based Glacier Group, where he led the company’s strategy reorganization, provided operational management of underwriting, claims and risk, and managed its sale. Previously, he managed Insurance Products investments and trading at the Dallas-based hedge fund, HBK Capital Management (2003 to 2009), and its related entities (2000 to 2003). During that time, invested in insurance equity, debt and insurance-linked securities. He also chaired or served on the underwriting, compensation, investment and finance, risk management, accounts and audit committees of the boards of directors of a variety of HBK investments. He started his career in New York City with J.P. Morgan & Co., where worked for nine years identifying and executing mergers and financings for Fortune 1000 clients.

Hart earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, and his AB in Economics with Highest Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Institute of Risk Management and Insurance Innovation at UNC.
 

Director

Thomas Hegge is a Director at True Wind Capital, a private equity fund manager focused on the technology industry. Mr. Hegge joined True Wind Capital in 2021. Prior to joining True Wind Capital, Mr. Hegge was the Managing Member of Great Plains Partners from 2018 to 2021. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Hegge was an investor at Berylson Capital Partners, where he led investments in public equities and oversaw the firm’s private growth equity investments. Prior to joining Berylson, Mr. Hegge was with Advent International from 2009 to 2012, where he executed leveraged buyout transactions in the technology and business services sectors. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Hegge worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse. Mr. Hegge holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Director

Chuck Jehl has served on our board of directors since September 2024. Mr. Jehl served as Chief Executive Officer of Open Lending from September 2024 until March 2025, as Chief Operating Officer of Open Lending from March 2024 until September 2025, and as Chief Financial Officer of Open Lending from August 2020 until September 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Jehl served as a consultant to Open Lending since April 2020. Prior to his time with Open Lending, Mr. Jehl spent 14 years at Forestar Group Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company, in a variety of executive leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2015 through 2019 and Chief Accounting Officer from 2005 through 2013. Prior to Forestar, he held various leadership roles at Guaranty Insurance Services Inc. from 2000 through 2005, including Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jehl holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Concordia University at Austin.
 

 

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