Klarna names Robinhood's Chris Koegel as CFO from 1 January 2027

Klarna has appointed Chris Koegel as Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 January 2027, subject to regulatory approval. The board has approved the appointment. He succeeds Niclas Neglén, who remains CFO until the end of 2026.

Koegel joins from Robinhood, where he is Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. He joined in 2022. Robinhood's valuation went from under $10B to more than $100B during his tenure. Before that he led investor relations at LPL Financial from 2015 to 2022, after 13 years at Bain & Company.

Klarna reports more than 120M active users, 3.8M transactions per day and over 1.2M retailers.