Summary
Henrik Wallström is a seasoned CTO and entrepreneur with 16+ years of experience building and scaling engineering organisations across Europe, APAC and the US. He co-founded Finsit, scaled it to serve 30,000+ Nordic and UK companies before its acquisition by Wolters Kluwer, and has since led large engineering and platform transformations at Klarna, Sinch and now Trustly. Henrik specializes in unifying acquired teams, launching common platforms and operating models that enable autonomous teams while improving delivery and hiring practices. He has repeatedly delivered rapid growth—helping Klarna grow 10x in 18 months and integrating MessageMedia into a global SaaS portfolio handling billions of messages annually. Known for blending hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, he also brings practical expertise in CI/CD, IaC and global hiring practices that reduce turnover and raise team performance.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Computing Science and Engineering, M.Sc. Computing Science and Engineering at Umeå University
English, Swedish