George H. Schmidt

Launching his career with UBS, Mr. Schmidt’s subsequent professional history illustrates a wide range from entrepreneurialism, to operational leadership and Information Technology. After selling his start-up Nexpert to Systor, he led Systor to become a regional leader in systems integration services as its CEO. Mr. Schmidt then served as CEO of European Webgroup, a multi-regional Internet investment and management firm. His professional interests led him to Accenture as Managing Director of the Financial Services unit in Switzerland. Throughout his career, Mr. Schmidt also served on several boards supporting innovative software and consumer technology product companies and was building ecosystems in the FinTech Space. His career was driven by bridging Silicon Valley and Europe. George holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a degree from University of St. Gallen (HSG) Switzerland