Advisory Council

Chris Deering
Chris has over 35 years experience, having served as international marketing head at Atari in 1982, VP International for Spinnaker, COO of Columbia Tristar International Video and founder and CEO of Sony PlayStation for EMEA and Australasia. Chris now serves various boards including as Chairman of Codemasters and a director of IGA (Kreos portfolio companies).

Torbjörn Nilsson
Torbjörn's career spans over 30 years in mobile/wireless and internet/services. He spent 25 years with Ericsson as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, and was responsible for Product Portfolio, Marketing, Strategy, Business Development/Innovation, and Public Affairs. He has served on an advisory board for Volvo and the Alumni board at Stockholm University.

Dave Tabors
Dave has invested in software and services companies since joining Battery in 1995, including emerging growth and late stage companies. He has extensive experience with multiple software business models: licensing, software as a service, business services, and exchanges. Prior to Battery, Dave worked for Cambridge Associates, a leading alternative investments advisor.

Marc Verissimo
Marc is the Chief Strategy and Risk Officer, responsible for the SVB's strategy, corporate development, and enterprise wide risk management, and serves as a voting member of SVB's senior loan committee. Marc has over 28 years of experience financing emerging growth companies, including as interim Chief Financial Officer. He previously managed SVB Global and SVB Analytics.

Malcolm Williams
Malcolm held senior management posts between 1966 and 2004 at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein ("DrKW") in Europe and in Asia, most recently as Chief Operating Officer for Allianz Dresdner Private Equity Group, which managed over €4 billion of direct and fund investments. Malcolm has been an advisor to Kreos from its inception.

Geoff Woolley
Geoff has been involved in financing more than 300 growth companies over the past 20 years. He has been on the board of many growth companies and is Chairman of a non-profit investment fund based at the University of Utah, as well as MACC Private Equity (USA, Nasdaq). Geoff has been an advisor to Kreos from its inception.