Adam Laporte
Head of Credit Risk @ Emigrant Venture Partners | Operations Management
- Role
- Head of Credit Risk at Emigrant Venture Partners
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Adam Laporte
Credit & payments executive with 12+ years building and scaling underwriting, portfolio management, and risk operations across global banks and venture-backed fintechs. Proven track record architecting credit frameworks from 0→1, leading 25+ person teams, and managing billions in exposure across enterprise merchant portfolios.Selected Impact:• Built proprietary underwriting platform at PayPal used globally across merchant portfolios.• Scaled fintech underwriting program from 0→100+ customers in under 8 months.• Led insourcing of merchant underwriting & risk operations at Wells Fargo following 30-year joint venture dissolution.• Reduced cost per underwrite by 33% and shortened sales cycle by 25%.• Managed 100+ global merchant insolvencies with <1% realized losses.Core Competencies:* Private Credit* Payments* Risk Operations* Risk Tooling* Process Optimization* Corporate Cards* Workouts* Blank-Slate Building* Scaling* Change Management
Experience
Head of Credit Risk
Dec 2025 — Present
Education
Illinois State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance
2011 — 2013
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