Trustly appoints former Sinch and Klarna executive Henrik Wallström as European Chief Technology Officer

Open Banking payments firm, Trustly, has announced the appointment of Henrik Wallström as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for its European operations. 

Based in Stockholm, he joins from communications platform Sinch where he served as CTO for the Applications business unit, leading global teams and focusing on integrating acquired companies and creating a shared operating model and technical platform.

Prior to Sinch, he was at Swedish FinTech Klarna where he launched the company’s Consumer Growth domain. Wallström also has an entrepreneurial background, previously founding Finsit, a business intelligence tool for accounting data, which was used by over 30,000 companies prior to its acquisition by Wolters Kluwer in 2018. 

Johan Tjärnberg, Group CEO at Trustly, comments: “Henrik brings a wealth of experience in building resilient, high-performing systems, which will be invaluable as we strengthen our capabilities.”

“His expertise aligns perfectly with our commitment to delivering a more robust and reliable service for our partners. We are delighted to welcome him to the business as we enter our next phase of growth in the months ahead.”  

Wallström says: “It’s already been an exciting few weeks since joining Trustly. The business’ technology firmly positions it as a leader in the Open Banking space.”

“I am looking forward to helping the company to continue to innovate in the years ahead and to support the development of new solutions to fuel growth and increase adoption of our game-changing technology.” 

2024 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

Payments are a key focus area for the sixth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards, which are now closed for entries.

The awards, sponsored by Scala, CADS, 3D Cloud, Brightpearl by Sage’s Lightning 50, Business France, and Retail Technology Show 2025, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Key 2024 dates

Friday, 25th October: Award entry deadline 

Tuesday, 29th October: 2024 shortlist revealed

30th October-6th November: Judging days

Thursday, 21st November: Winners announced at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, to be held at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London.