A farewell and new Product leadership at Silverfin

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It’s with mixed emotions that we announce a change in our product leadership team at Silverfin.

Recently we bid a heartfelt farewell to Tim Vandecasteele, our co-founder and the visionary leader of our Product since the company was founded in 2013. As Tim steps back to embrace the next phase of his adventure, we are thrilled for him and immensely grateful for the legacy he has left at Silverfin, our people, our customers and our industry at large.

In his own words, Tim reflects on his experiences:

“Although I will always remain one of the two founders of Silverfin, the time has come for me to take a step back and observe Silverfin’s journey from the sidelines.

We’ve come a long way since Joris and I started Silverfin as ‘a simple reporting tool for accountants’. I’ll forever be grateful to everyone who helped us go way beyond that proposition:

  • Our earliest customers who trusted these two naive guys.
  • Our first employees, for their commitment and belief, even when we had little to show for it.

And most of all, I’m grateful to Joris, for all his patience, understanding and candour throughout all those years.

This farewell is tinged with both sweetness and sorrow. Nevertheless, I leave Silverfin with nothing but pride and confidence. The team and product we’ve built over the years are strong foundations for the future. I have genuinely fallen in love with the accounting industry and the community that propels it forward every day.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

As we turn the page, we remain in an exciting phase of continued investment in our product – both in our technology and the market specific content that we package up in a cloud first, user centred application. We’ve been offering AI functionality to accountants for several years now, and with the huge momentum and mindset shift underway, we are in a leading position to leverage this for enhanced operational excellence and client satisfaction.

Silverfin CEO Lisa Miles-Heal said “We extend a warm welcome to Martin Lysholt Nielsen, the newest addition to our leadership team. Joining us as our VP of Product, Martin brings a fresh perspective, vibrant spirit and a wealth of expertise to Silverfin that promises to drive our vision forward.”

With over 15 years of experience in product management, particularly within the SaaS domain, Martin has demonstrated an unparalleled knack for crafting commercially successful digital products. His pragmatic approach and complementary skills will help make our offering even stronger.  This will ensure that Silverfin remains a leading solution for accounting firms in Belgium, across Europe and the UK and as the preferred platform for our international networks as far afield as Canada and South Africa.

“I am super excited to have joined the success story of Silverfin and I am looking forward to further accelerating the growth of this Ghent success story” Martin commented. “My immediate priorities are a combination of supporting our talented product management organisation and strengthening the value delivered to accountants globally via innovation and customer focus”.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the Silverfin adventure so far. We can’t wait to embark on this new phase of our journey, confident in the strong foundations we have built and excited for the future we will create together.

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