Gert Sylvest I build and scale complex systems where product and technology meets organization and strategy. I am passionate about ideas with an impact, and have been leading highly motivated global teams of very talented individuals from diverse professional backgrounds through both exciting and challenging times. I am co-founder of Tradeshift (2010), a global B2B network SaaS facilitating 240Bn USD of transactions yearly across > 2.5M connections, and offering products across S2P, marketplaces and embedded financial services for some of the world's most well known brands (including Unilever, NHS, HSBC, Air France, Nestle). I've been Head of Strategy and Venues in Semfi, an Embedded Fintech Joint Venture between Tradeshift and HSBC that I was also part of bootstrapping. I've been in various board roles (2 years on the Hyperledger (now Linux Decentralized Trust) governance board, 10 years Member of the Board of Directors of LanguageWire, an AI + language company). Prior to that I was implementation and protocol design lead for the European (now global)S B2B/B2G infrastructures which today is adopted or being adopted in 37 countries worldwide. Currently I operate through my company Polyfolio, wh
Head of Strategy and Venues, Semfi
Board member, Hyperledger governance board
Master's studies in software
Bachelor's studies
