About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight People

Scila AB Announces CTO Transition as Co-Founder Thornquist Takes Helm

Subscribe to our newsletter

Scila AB has announced a leadership change as co-founder Björn Thornquist takes over as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately. After 17 years in the role, co-founder Lydén will step down from his position and transition into a new role as Senior Technology Advisor, focusing on hands-on technology development to continue driving innovation.

Thornquist, previously Chief Product Officer (CPO), has been a central figure in shaping Scila’s technology strategy and product development. He played a leading role in creating Scila Surveillance and Scila Risk, the company’s flagship risk management solution. Recently, Scila Risk achieved a significant milestone by replacing two legacy systems at a major participant on the Singapore Exchange with a single unified platform.

The transition is intended to ensure continuity in technical expertise while positioning Scila for further growth in market surveillance and risk management solutions.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Recorded Webinar: Deploying regtech solutions for optimal compliance professional performance

Today’s atmosphere of heightened regulatory scrutiny is focusing attention on compliance departments and the tools available to mitigate the risk of regulatory censure. Much has been made of emerging regtech solutions’ ability to offer new capabilities, potentially changing the way compliance teams work. But what has been the true impact of regtech on the compliance...

BLOG

Exchanges Can Justify High Fees – But Only if They are Adding Value

By Neill Vanlint, Head of Global Sales & Client Operations, GoldenSource. Across global financial markets, it is hard to think of a more contentious issue right now than the prices exchanges are charging for their trading data. Some high-profile potential acquisitions, including the London Stock Exchange’s $27 billion bid to buy Refinitiv, mean there could...

EVENT

RegTech Summit London

Now in its 10th year, RegTech Summit London will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the European capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to innovate the compliance function and response.

GUIDE

ESG Data Handbook 2022

The ESG landscape is changing faster than anyone could have imagined even five years ago. With tens of trillions of dollars expected to have been committed to sustainable assets by the end of the decade, it’s never been more important for financial institutions of all sizes to stay abreast of changes in the ESG data...