Allison Amadia. Courtesy photo.

Allison Amadia will join Personal Capital Corp. as its general counsel this week.

She joins the digital wealth management firm after serving as GC, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at cloud-based fintech Handle Financial Inc.

Amadia is Personal Capital's first GC. She will oversee a team of five employees, including one additional in-house lawyer, the company confirmed in an email.

“I'm thrilled to join Personal Capital at such an important growth period for the company,” Amadia said in a press release announcing her hire. “My experience helping technology companies grow and stay ahead of the increasingly complex legal and compliance matters as they scale will allow me to add value right from the start. Jay and his team have built something truly special, and I look forward to supporting Personal Capital's continued commitment to transparency within the financial services industry.”

At Silicon Valley-based Personal Capital, Amadia will oversee legal operations, corporate strategy, regulatory compliance, IP and financing, the company said.

She has also held in-house roles at Extreme Networks, Voxeo, Verifone and Novell.

“To continue building a world-class tech-enabled wealth management business, we need a world-class legal team with deep experience handling matters unique to a growing fintech firm,” said Jay Shah, CEO of Personal Capital, in the release. “This is exactly what Allison brings to Personal Capital. Her leadership and entrepreneurial experience in financial technology is second-to-none in the legal field.”