Open Banking Firm Tink names Klaus Holse as chairman

Tink, a Swedish provider of open banking platform in Europe, has appointed Klaus Holse as its new chairman.

As seen on his Linkedin profile, Mr. Holse has spent eight years as CEO at SimCorp. SimCorp is a provider of investment management solutions globally. He is also chairman at cloud CRM platform SuperOffice and HR & payroll firm Zenegy. Prior to SimCorp he spent more than 11 years at Microsoft, leaving as its president of Western Europe in 2012. Klaus also worked as CEO at Internet Ventures Scandinavia and Senior VP at Oracle Corp.

"Tink is leading the charge in open banking across Europe with its aggregation and payment products," says Holse. "On top of this they have built a unique set of products unlocking the value in financial data for the benefit of financial institutions, fintechs, startups and their end users. Tink has built a phenomenal team of some of the brightest minds in the industry."

Daniel Kjellén, Tink co-founder and CEO, says Holse has a "fantastic track record" when it comes to scaling software. He adds: "Klaus' knowledge of the tech industry and his experience of building partnerships with financial institutions will be incredibly valuable to Tink."