Francois Cote
Executive Vice President, Chief Business And Growth Officer - Chef Des Affaires Et De La Croissance at Holt Accelerator
Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancois Cote is a seasoned fintech executive and founder with 15 years of experience building digital lending businesses and growth strategies. As CEO of Fig and Executive VP & Chief Business and Growth Officer at Fairstone Bank, he blends startup agility with nearly a century of institutional lending expertise to scale consumer finance products across platforms. He has led digital transformation and strategy roles at Fairstone and Citi, consistently turning complex banking operations into customer-first, technology-enabled experiences. Based in Montreal, he also advises fintech accelerators and brings a hands-on web development background, reflecting a rare mix of product, technical fluency, and commercial leadership. Notably, his work focuses on embedding lending into partner ecosystems to expand equitable access to credit for Canadians.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Business Management, Business Management at Oulton College
French, English
Github Skills (69)
python10
powerline10
statusline10
material-design-icons10
component-library10
semantic-ui10
react-components10
semantic-ui-react10
shell10
fonts10
font-awesome10
react-library10
octicons10
react10
gulp9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
francoiscote/adventofcode
Nov 2016 - Jan 2022
My solutions for the Advent of Code
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
python
francoiscote/dotfiles
Oct 2014 - Dec 2022
Contributions:456 commits, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 3 months
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