Robinhood has announced that Aparna Chennapragada is joining as its first Chief Product Officer overseeing all of product, design and research.

Ms Chennapragada is a tech industry veteran and brings over 20 years of experience in product development, design and strategy. She joins Robinhood after 12 years of leadership at Google, where she led product, engineering and design teams, across Google Search, Shopping and AR. She was most recently Vice President for Consumer Shopping, and the lead for AR and visual search products.

Prior to that, she was the Technical Assistant to the CEO, where she shaped the company’s product strategy and was a trusted advisor to Google’s leadership on company-wide initiatives. Throughout her tenure at Google, she led multiple product efforts in Google Assistant, Search and YouTube.

Aparna Chennapragada, incoming CPO of Robinhood, commented on her appointment:

“Robinhood has built a uniquely accessible product that has opened up the financial markets to millions of people. I spent my career at Google building products that help billions of people in their everyday lives. So I couldn’t be more excited to join Robinhood and help more people build their financial future and personal wealth.”