Leading Content Studio Malka Elevates Leadership Team with three Seasoned C-Suite Appointments

Leading adaptive content studio Malka has announced the appointment of ad industry veterans Chris Apostle and Bill Davaris as co-CEOs and Paige McCrensky as its first Chief Brand Officer. This significant leadership change enhances the studio’s ability to create dynamic content that resonates with brands and consumers in today’s fast-paced attention economy. As a subsidiary of fintech leader MoneyLion (NYSE: ML), Malka has access to sophisticated data and technology infrastructure which—when combined with its own content solutions—creates significant value for Malka’s clients.

Since its acquisition by MoneyLion in 2021, Malka has redefined the landscape of social storytelling, propelling MoneyLion to become one of the most followed fintech brands across social media platforms. MoneyLion is continuing its investment in its media business by hiring a series of top tier industry executives into the company. “Malka is already powering leading financial marketplaces with content that is engaging and driving results, and now, with this new leadership, we can scale our offering to every leading marketplace,” said Dee Choubey, Co-Founder and CEO of MoneyLion.

Apostle and Davaris bring their extensive experience as both brand and agency leaders with a common vision that “the best stories never wait.” The CEO duo will be focused on strengthening Malka’s distinct ability to take insights and turn them into content that is timely and relevant, meeting the needs of an ever-evolving marketing landscape that’s moving at the speed of commerce.

“It’s no secret that a modern marketing organization is sitting on a gold mine of insights,” Davaris said. “Our mission is to transform these insights into captivating, actionable narratives at lightning speed. Timely action not only captures the pulse of culture but propels innovation forward. Chris and I are so privileged to have two incredible things: a blue-chip client roster of brands who want to compete at the highest levels combined with a one-of-a-kind high performance storytelling machine built for speed and excellence in execution.”

Apostle brings a wealth of knowledge from his tenure at esteemed agencies and e-commerce accelerators like Spreetail and has held executive leadership positions at notable agencies including Havas, Ogilvy, R/GA and Razorfish, with over three decades of experience in advertising, client services and digital marketing.

Davaris, formerly Chief Marketing and Brand Officer at SharkNinja, was previously CMO at MoneyLion when the company acquired Malka in 2021. Before that, he spent 17 years at Ogilvy, rising to the level of executive creative director and senior partner. At Ogilvy, Davaris led RedWorks, the agency’s first global content division, which introduced Fanta to the U.S. market in 2002 and created the It’s in Your Nature brand for Cabela’s, growing the outdoor retailer’s sales by 20 percent in its first year.