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The Top 30 Software CTOs 2023

Our 2024 list of the Top 30 CTOs can be found here

We are delighted to present our list of the Top 30 CTOs within the European software industry. We have included CTOs from PE backed companies, established corporates and portfolio CTOs from investors.

We have deliberately not attempted to rank the leaders in terms of influence as this is too subjective and challenging to measure. We haven’t included leaders based in the US or Israel and focussed on European-based candidates.

No list is perfect, and there are undoubtedly many more leaders within the sector who deserve recognition in future editions.

The software sector is one of the most exciting and vibrant within the technology industry and we are delighted to recognize technology leaders who have played a key role in building some of the most successful and high growth software companies in Europe.

This list was compiled in 2023.

You can download the guide in an easy-to-read PDF format here Top 30 Software CTOs

MARKO PERISIC

Chief Products and Engineering Officer, The Access Group

DANIEL BECKER

Chief Technology Officer, Dedalus Group

BEN JONES

Group CTO, GfK

MARK SPITERI

Portfolio CTO, Montagu

YARON SHAER

Chief Technology Officer, Klarna

DANA MAJID

Chief Technology Officer, MessageBird

KOEN KÖPPEN

CEO & CTO, Mollie

JAMIE HUTTON

Chief Technology Officer, Quantexa

STUART PEARCE

Portfolio CTO, Hg

PHIL SMITH

Chief Technology Officer, Janes

JACK STOCKDALE

Chief Technology Officer, Darktrace

MARTIN KLENK

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Celonis

JOHANNES SCHABACK

CTO, SumUp

MARCUS BRONSTEIN

Chief Technology Officer, Teya

PATRICK CHATAIN

CTO, ContentSquare

MERI WILLIAMS

Chief Technology Officer, Pleo

PAOLO NEGRI

Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Contentful

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY

Chief Technology Officer, Thought Machine

ERIK MUTTERSBACH

Co-founder & Member of the Board of Directors, Forto

RICHARD ROSENBERG

Chief Technology Officer, Spendesk

RAZVAN RANCA

Co-Founder and CTO, Tractable

LUCA MARTINETTI

Co-Founder and CTO, TrueLayer

BERND GROSS

CTO, Software AG

SIGURÐUR INGVAR  ÁMUNDASON

CTO, Rapyd

GORDON PRETORIUS

CTO, Typeform

STEVE TAIT

Chief Technology Officer, Snow Software

VILLE HÄMÄLÄINEN

Chief Technology Officer, RELEX Solutions

JÜRGEN MÜLLER

Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board Member, SAP

MARIJUS BRIEDIS

CTO NordVPN, Nord Security

ALEXANDER LYSTAD

CTO, Visma

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