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Daumantas Dvilinskas
Co-founder and CEO of TransferGo
wWhat would you describe as your
most memorable achievement?
I am proud to have built my team here
at TransferGo. We have a great group
of talented and driven people, who are
passionate about delivering the best
possible experience for our customers.
When we look at the reviews and
customer feedback it makes that
investment worthwhile.
What first made you think of a
career in technology?
Tech is eating the world, as they say, so it
always seemed like a logical place to be.
Having said that, I’m not one of those tech
enthusiasts who is passionate about all
of the latest innovations and then tries to
find customer use cases for them. I follow
the opposite methodology I suppose. Our
business came about after my co-founders
and I established a more traditional import/
export business, which meant we had to
make regular international payments to
our suppliers. Back then, banks were our
only option for cross-border payments, and
they were charging up to 15 times more for
seven-day settlements than we are today – it
was a nightmare.
We realised many others would be facing
the same problem, so set about finding
an answer for those who needed it most
– migrants working abroad and sending
money home – and the technology followed.
What style of management
philosophy do you employ with your
current position?
My management philosophy has evolved a
lot over the years. Finding the best people
and letting them tell me what to do is
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IT’S TAKEN
FIVE WEEKS TO
ADAPT TO A NEW
REALITY THAT
IF IT WASN’T
FORCED, WOULD
HAVE TAKEN
WELL OVER
FIVE YEARS
TO ACHIEVE.
where I would like to be. It is a work in
progress and sometimes it operates better
than others. I’m the vision keeper here, but
the ‘how’ belongs to my team as much
as possible.
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