Nu : Nubank appoints Carl Rivera as Chief Product Officer

Published: 2026-05-05 10:14:45 ET NU

Published on 05/05/2026 at 10:14 am EDT

São Paulo, May 5, 2026 - Nubank, one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, today announced the appointment of Carl Rivera as Chief Product Officer (CPO), effective May 18. Rivera will join the executive team, reporting directly to David Vélez, founder and CEO. This comes at a pivotal moment as Nubank accelerates its international expansion and deepens its global-scale product strategy, with a strong focus on craft excellence.

Rivera joins Nubank from Shopify, where he spent more than seven years in senior leadership roles across design and product. As Chief Design Officer, he led design company-wide and reimagined its product experiences for the AI era of commerce. As VP of Product, Merchant Services, he oversaw Shopify's commercial backbone, including Payments, Financial Services, Lending, Advertising, Retail, Shipping, Taxes, Shop, and Channel Partners. He also helped transform Shop into one of the world's leading consumer shopping platforms, with Shop Pay redefining mobile checkout. Earlier in his career, Carl co-founded and served as CEO of Tictail, a venture-backed commerce platform acquired by Shopify in 2018.

"We are at an inflection point in Nubank's journey as we take our thesis of the future of financial services globally. I'm confident that Carl's experience across global digital platforms and design will be key to translating our mission into products that hundreds of millions of people around the world can rely on every day, as we advance in our international expansion," said David Vélez, founder and CEO of Nubank.

"I've spent the last few years of my career scaling global products with product strategy, design, and craft excellence at the center. Nubank is uniquely positioned to take that further, building a new generation of products at global scale that make people wonder how they ever lived without them," said Carl Rivera, Chief Product Officer.

In his role, Carl will work in close partnership with Ethan Eismann, Chief Design Officer, and Eric Young, Chief Technology Officer, ensuring tight alignment between tech, product and design to deliver exceptional experiences at global scale.

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