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Aurimas Kacinskas

CEO | Board of Directors | Change management

About Me

Senior international executive with 20+ years of C-level and board experience across seven European markets — Lithuania, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, and Spain. Deep operating background in credit information services, fintech, consumer lending, and telecom, with a track record of scale-ups, turnarounds, multi-market change programs, and governance transitions. Currently open to advisory, board, and interim leadership engagements across Europe, MENA, and Asia — willing to travel for the right project.

Jurisdiction

Regions: Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Americas

Notable Employer

  • CEO | Regional Director | Board Member | Sales Director at Creditinfo Group
  • Manager, Telesales Group at Omnitel (Telia Lithuania)

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Group CEO Hive finance
2025 - 2026

Led Hive finance group and its flagship platform Hive5 — a European regulated P2P consumer lending platform with over €100M in funded loans and 25,000+ investors across multiple EU markets. Joined as COO on a contract basis in February 2025, then appointed CEO of Hive5 and Group CEO of Hive finance in May 2025 to guide the company through a scale-up phase. Key focus areas during tenure: – Governance modernization aligned with international institutional investor expectations – Formation of a full professional board of directors – Launch of new geographic markets and expansion of the loan originator network – Platform, product, and operational improvements – Long-term value creation for investor community Stepped down in April 2026 following the completion of the scale-up governance and market expansion phase.

CEO | Regional Director | Board Member | Sales DirectorNotableCreditinfo Group
2008 - 2024

Sixteen-year career at Creditinfo Group — one of the largest credit information providers globally outside the "big three" bureaus — with progressively senior roles across four European markets. Executive roles: – CEO, Creditinfo Lietuva (2020–2024) – Regional Sales Manager, Northern Europe — Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia (2018–2020) – CEO, Creditinfo Romania (2014–2018) – Head of Sales & Customer Care, Creditinfo Lietuva (2008–2018) Concurrent board mandates: – Board Member, Kreditinformācijas Birojs — Latvian credit bureau (2019–2021) – Board Member, ACIA Romania — Credit information industry association (2017–2018) Areas of active leadership across the tenure: bureau product portfolio (scoring, reports, monitoring, value-added services), regulatory engagement, bank consortium management, cross-border commercial development, and building leadership teams across four national contexts.

Manager, Telesales GroupNotableOmnitel (Telia Lithuania)
2004 - 2008

Led the telesales function at Lithuania's largest mobile operator (part of the TeliaSonera group), managing outbound and inbound sales operations, team hiring and development, and B2B/B2C sales performance. Foundational leadership role in high-volume, KPI-driven commercial operations within one of the region's largest telecom groups.

Education

Degree of Business managementKazimieras Simonavicius University
2005 - 2007
Diploma of LawLaw university Vilnius
2003 - 2005

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages2

Skills

Credit Bureau Operations
Credit Scoring & Risk Data
Expansion
Interim Executive Leadership
Change Management
Corporate Governance
Turnaround Leadership
Business Development
Cross-Border Market Entry
P&L Leadership

Interests

Interim Executive Leadership
Founder Advisory
AI in Credit Scoring
Open Banking & PSD2
Board Leadership Development
Turnaround Leadership
Cross-Border Market Entry
Financial Inclusion

Languages

English
Russian