Mesh appoints Erick van der Linde as CTO

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Erick played a crucial role in building Mesh’s core technology infrastructure, leading his team to deliver on making the capital markets open to all.

Amsterdam-based Mesh.Trade, a digital ecosystem for raising capital and multi-sided platform that connects issuers and investors, has appointed South African Erick van der Linde as its new CTO.

Erick began his technology career as a junior software engineer, developing and implementing Android-based applications. He later joined Paramount Group as an embedded software engineer. In 2015, Erick moved to Andile Solutions as a software engineer, where he spent nearly a decade.

“Erick is an inspiring technology leader who has been with Mesh from the very beginning. He has played a crucial role in building Mesh’s core technology infrastructure, leading his team to deliver on our promise of making the capital markets open to all,” the company said in a statement.

Erick holds a BEng computer engineering from North West University.

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