Thorsten Seeger

Member of the Management Board @ SME Bank | Scaling pan-European SME lending | €3B+ originated to 20k+ SMEs

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

A highly motivated and experienced financial services professional that combines an understanding of traditional banking with deep curiosity about how technology can shape the delivery of value adding services to clients. Scaling SME Bank across Europe. Built on a bootstrapping history and already live in 5 European countries, we are now raising external capital to bring digital banking to established SMEs all across the EU.

Experience

  • Member of the Management Board at SME Bank
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    SME Bank is a licensed European bank focused on established SMEs, offering lending and core banking services. It leverages a scalable technology platform and deposit funding to deliver fast, efficient financing. Our roots are in Lithuania, but our ambitions are European. Today we are live in 5 countries (LT, LV, EE, FI, NL), with more to come soon.

  • October (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Group Chief Operating Officer
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      October is a European FinTech specialized in business lending. Leader in continental Europe, it has already financed thousands of SMEs for a total amount of over €1 billion in France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany. Since late 2020, its technological platform October Connect is helping banks such as Bpifrance and Asset Managers in making better financing decisions based on data.

    • CEO Germany
      Jul 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Managing Director Germany at Funding Circle Deutschland GmbH
    Jan 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Funding Circle is the global leading marketplace where investors directly lend to small businesses in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands. Small businesses borrow between £5,000 and £1 million, while investors receive high, stable returns for the long-term.

  • Head of SME - Financial Markets at Lloyds Banking Group
    Mar 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Leading the team covering SME clients for FICC products across the UK

  • Barclays (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Commercial Director, SME Banking
      Feb 2014 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Head of Business Banking (London)
      Nov 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Leading a business with ca 200 Relationship Managers looking after SME clients across London

    • Regional Director, Relationship Banking (South London)
      Mar 2010 - Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Running a team of 25 Business Managers and Premier Managers that look after owner managed business customers across South London.