This week, Paytient welcomed our first Chief Financial Officer, Paul Sveen. Paul’s leadership comes at a pivotal time for Paytient, as the company continues its rapid growth and approaches new milestones. With the launch of the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (M3P), Paytient will be ensuring, through its employer and insurer partners, that 25 million people are better able to access and afford care in 2025. Paul’s background, from managing multi-billion dollar transactions to scaling the capital structure of growing organizations, will be critical in guiding our next chapter.
Paul brings over three decades of experience, during which he has consistently demonstrated his ability to lead high-growth pre-IPO companies through pivotal financial milestones.
Until recently, he led the financial and operating functions as CFO at Beam Benefits — named one of the fastest-growing companies in the midwest by Inc. Magazine. Previously, as CFO of Swift Financial, he managed the acquisition of the company by PayPal, where he then served as CFO of its merchant lending platform. During that time, he managed the integration of Swift Financial while developing growth strategies that leveraged capital markets and strategic funding partnerships.
Earlier in his career, Paul held senior financial leadership roles in real estate, mortgage, and structured finance. In each of these roles, he was instrumental not only in managing significant assets and transactions, but also in skillfully leading teams with both motivation and compassion.
Notably, as a Managing Director in Lehman Brothers Global Structured Finance Business, he was instrumental in building Lehman’s securitization practice to a market leading position, and later at wholly owned Aurora Loan Services, helped grow it into one of the largest alt-A mortgage platforms in the U.S.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Paul to the executive team at Paytient,” said founder and CEO, Brian Whorley. “Paul is incredibly motivated by Paytient’s opportunity to improve healthcare affordability at scale. Since founding, I’ve said our mission is incredibly large and it calls forward the best and brightest minds to help us ensure that millions of people can more easily access and afford care.”
Paul’s experience has earned him recognition as a respected speaker and thought leader in the industry. He lectured earlier in his career at prestigious institutions such as the Wharton School of Business, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and Columbia Business School, and has even testified before U.S. regulatory agencies on securitization standards and capital treatment.
Paul’s personal commitment to excellence mirrors the values we hold at Paytient, and we look forward to the impact his leadership will have as we scale our mission of making healthcare accessible and affordable.
Welcome to Paytient, Paul!
