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Clayton Howes - MoneyMe: The leadership shift every founder must make to scale

June 16, 2026 • Dexter Cousins | Executive Search, Tier One People • Episode 368

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Clayton Howes is the CEO of MONEYME (ASX: MME), an Australian non-bank lender that has originated over $5 billion in consumer credit and now manages a $1.9 billion loan book across personal loans, credit cards, and car finance. In this episode, Clayton walks through the full 13-year journey: bootstrapping from a desk-sized office, listing on the ASX in December 2019, acquiring SocietyOne during the Ukraine invasion, and engineering the Horizon technology platform that now powers everything.

0:00 Introduction
1:34 What MONEYME does and 13 years of milestones
3:37 From corporate to founder
5:32 Why consumer finance over any other vertical
9:53 Why consumer fintech is the hardest category
11:25 The ASX listing decision
14:38 The SocietyOne acquisition
19:53 The Horizon technology platform
23:00 Leadership evolution from player to coach
28:37 Staying close to the front line
32:28 Why the office is always full
36:18 Product innovation and the path forward
42:10 Careers at MONEYME

Links
Clayton Howes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claytonhowes/
MONEYME Website: https://www.moneyme.com.au
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