ONDECK - Key Persons


Cameron Poolman - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Cameron Poolman has served as OnDeck Australia's Chief Executive Officer since the company's launch to the Australian market in November 2015. Prior to joining OnDeck, Mr Poolman was founder and CEO of Grays Online, one of Australia's largest e-commerce groups focused on small businesses, from 2000 to 2014. Mr Poolman holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from University of Sydney and a Master of Business (Marketing) from the University of Technology, Sydney. Cameron is also a Graduate from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Director for the Australian Finance Industry Association.

Charlene Batson - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
Charlene Batson has served as OnDeck Australia's Head of Business Development since August 2015 and Chief Operations Officer since 2022. She has 10 years of experience in the financial services industry in Europe, the Middle East and Australia. Most recently Charlene was a Director of Transaction Banking Solutions at Commonwealth Bank, from 2012 to mid-2015 where she worked with many types of corporate and financial institutions to advise them on working capital solutions and grow the institutional business. She holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies from the University of the West of England and an International Cash Management Certificate from the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Cherie Habashi

Job Titles:
  • Head of People and Culture
Cherie has served as OnDeck Australia's Head of People & Culture since July 2018. Prior to joining OnDeck, Cherie held leadership roles in organisations varying from start ups through to large corporates working across all facets of HR including strategy and performance, culture alignment, transformational change and employee engagement. Cherie holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Human Resource Management and Social Policy from UNSW. She is also a Myers Briggs and DiSC certified practitioner.

Jerry Yohananov - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Jerry Yohananov has served as OnDeck Australia's Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary since December 2016. Prior to joining OnDeck, Mr Yohananov was Chief Financial Officer and Company secretary of SocietyOne, Australia's leading marketplace lender for personal loans from 2012 - 2016. Mr Yohananov holds a Bachelor of Science Accounting from the Florida State University.

Mark Hindle

Job Titles:
  • Head of Technology
Mark Hindle joined as the Head of Technology for OnDeck Australia in May of 2023. Mark has over 27 years of extensive operational IT management, including customer service, contact centre management, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement across diverse industry sectors, inclusive of Western Union, CMC Markets, Merlin Entertainments, Hamilton Island, Relationships Australia, Sydney BridgeClimb, and Access EAP.

Todd Estep

Job Titles:
  • Head of Data & Analytics
Todd is based in Dallas (Texas); He is a highly experienced Data, Analytics & Risk Leader in his field. He has worked across a variety of financial services organization and previously ran his own data consultancy in the USA.