FICO® Board Member Announces Personal Investment and Advisory Role in Trust Science®

www.TrustScience.com Inc. is proud to announce that Joanna Rees, a distinguished Board Member of FICO has personally invested and joined its Board of Advisors.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, February 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- www.TrustScience.com Inc., an AI-powered credit scoring and financial decisioning SaaS, is proud to announce that Joanna Rees, a distinguished Board Member of FICO and influential business strategist, has made a significant personal investment in the company and has joined Trust Science’s Board of Advisors. Rees brings unparalleled expertise in scaling high-potential companies, brand innovation, venture capital, and corporate governance to her dual role as both investor and as an advisor to the company’s CEO.

Rees, who has played an instrumental role in FICO’s remarkable success—helping the company achieve a top-ten total shareholder return on the S&P 500 during her tenure, with a market cap of over $40 Billion—will now leverage her deep knowledge of the fintech and credit scoring industries to help Trust Science further accelerate its growth. In addition to her role at FICO, Rees serves on the boards of several high-growth entities, drawing on her extensive background in scaling startup ecosystems and navigating complex market dynamics.

As Chairman of West Global, a premier brand and strategy firm, Rees has guided the evolution of industry-defining companies like Twitter (now X), Square, Impossible Foods, and many others. Her experience includes founding VSP Capital, where she raised over $375 million across three funds. Her strategic vision and unwavering execution were instrumental in the creation of Endeavor Catalyst, an innovative impact investment fund now managing over $500 million. More detail about Joanna Rees is available at https://www.trustscience.com/about-us/our-team/joanna-rees.

"I could not have asked for a more strategic, intelligent and accomplished Board of Advisors member—one who has also invested personally into Trust Science—than Ms. Rees," said Evan Chrapko, Founder & CEO of Trust Science. "Joanna’s extremely deep knowledge of our space and the world-class network of people whose respect she commands will dramatically boost Trust Science's prospects and growth. Her ability to scale companies, her profound expertise in corporate governance, and her gift for marketing are exactly what Trust Science needs as it rapidly disrupts $multi-Billion industries with Credit Bureau 2.0^® and Rating Agency 2.0™"

Rees’s new role at Trust Science extends beyond her personal investment to her participation on the company’s Board of Advisors. In this capacity, she will advise on corporate governance, scaling operations, and navigating the evolving credit scoring landscape. Rees’s track record of achieving exceptional outcomes for the companies she works with makes her an invaluable addition to Trust Science’s team.

“I’m excited to become a Trust Scientist, both as an investor and also as an advisor,” said Joanna Rees. “The company is poised for exceptional growth with its AI-driven solutions, and I am eager to support the team as they continue to challenge the status quo. Trust Science’s legally compliant and intelligence-first approach to helping ethical lenders find deserving borrowers aligns with my belief in using technology to drive positive change in finance and economic equality for society. I have numerous ideas for how I will help Evan drive the company’s continued success and achieve Evan’s vision for global impact.”

With Rees’s involvement, Trust Science is poised to accelerate its headway in lead sourcing, credit scoring, and loan book securitization support, gaining both access to a network of industry influencers and the expertise to achieve its next phase of growth. As a disruptor of traditional credit bureaus and algorithm shops, Trust Science’s globally patented solutions are empowering lenders to make risk-reduced financial decisions for the benefit of society at large.

Evan concludes by saying that “Ms. Rees’s strategic investment and advisory role mark a huge milestone toward Trust Science’s guiding mission: to allow deserving people to get what they deserve. Joanna is a force multiplier wherever she goes, which will now directly benefit Trust Science, its customers and its partners.”
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About Joanna Rees, MBA
Joanna Rees is a transformative leader with deep expertise in brand innovation, venture capital, and corporate governance. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of FICO where she chairs key committees including Leadership Development and Compensation. As the founder of VSP Capital, Rees has raised over $375 million across three funds, and she was instrumental in launching Endeavor Catalyst, an impact investment fund with over $500 million under management.

Ms. Rees has guided iconic brands such as Twitter, Square, Ro and Impossible Foods through strategic evolution. A passionate advocate for entrepreneurship and social impact, she also serves on the boards of Inception Fertility, Endeavor Global, Illumyn Impact, and The Representation Project.
Ms. Rees earned a Duke University BSc. and she was a NCAA Division One gymnast. Joanna and Evan are both alumni of Columbia University (MBA and JD, respectively.) They are also both Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellows, where Joanna further serves as a Senior Seminar Moderator and “Next Chapter” catalyst.
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About www.TrustScience.com Inc. (“Trust Science”)
Trust Science is a first-mover pioneer in AI-powered alternative data and credit scoring, revolutionizing the way financial institutions source borrowers and make credit decisions. With non-traditional data sources and a proprietary FinTech SaaS that is protected by over 70 patents in over a dozen countries, Trust Science Finds Hidden Primes™ for its lender customers. Banks and consumer finance companies can then adjudicate such leads (loan applicants) on their own, or lenders can also choose from a menu of automated decision support tools on the Credit Bureau 2.0^® platform, from Cash Flow Underwriting™ to Vehicle Financing- or Installment Loan-optimized credit scores, to agentic AI like Anna the Virtual Loans Officer™ for reducing call center friction with potential borrowers. Lenders’ businesses even benefit all the way through a Securitization process, if desired. In the end, the biggest winners are overlooked, financially-excluded consumers who are actually high quality, reliable borrowers.

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