Christopher Trepel

Chris is an Operating Partner at Fenway Summer Ventures; in this role, he contributes technical expertise in the areas of analytics, credit, data science, and consumer behavior.
In addition, Chris serves as a senior data science leader for several financial service and fintech firms in the US and UK.
Chris was previously Group Chief Science Officer at UK-based Lowell, leading both the data science function and Lowell Labs Amsterdam, an analytics center of excellence focused on advanced statistics and machine learning methods.
At Lowell, he partnered with the Urban Institute to create the UK Financial Vulnerability Index.
Before that he was Chief Scientific Officer at Encore Capital Group, where he built and directed the analytics and corporate affairs functions, launched a pioneering research platform focused on consumer financial decision making, and wrote the industry’s first Consumer Bill of Rights.
Earlier still, Chris served in analytic and strategic roles at Wells Fargo Bank and McKinsey & Company.
Chris holds a Ph.D.
in Experimental Psychology, is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, has completed postdoctoral fellowships in Neurophysiology and Behavioral Economics, and is lead or co-author of more than 70 academic and professional publications across five research areas.
His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, USA Today, and CNN Money.