The Treasury Career Corner How to Build Treasury from the Ground Up in a High-Growth Global Company
What does it take to build a treasury function from scratch at a fast-moving global company? Nolan Soltvedt, Treasurer at Lime has done just that - multiple times.
In this episode, he shares the inside story of building resilient treasury systems in complex, high-growth environments, from legacy firms to tech disruptors.
Nolan Soltvedt is the Treasurer at Lime, the world’s largest shared electric vehicle company. With experience across Ecolab, Capella University, and Api Group, Nolan has led treasury transformations at both established multinationals and fast-scaling startups.
He brings a rare blend of global banking expertise, leadership through change, and a passion for making numbers tell a story.
Main topics discussed:
- Nolan’s entry into finance and early lessons from his internship at Ecolab
- Building international finance and treasury experience early in his career
- Why building global relationships is critical in treasury
- Shifting between corporate finance and FP&A - and how it shaped his leadership
- Rejoining Ecolab and managing treasury post major acquisitions
- Lessons from leading treasury through a company IPO and rapid M&A at APi
- How to rebuild and scale a treasury team after high turnover
- Creating a treasury M&A integration playbook
- Transitioning to Lime: Setting up treasury in a tech-driven, high-growth environment
- Why prioritizing the right treasury capabilities matters more than doing everything
- How Nolan applies storytelling and creativity from music into financial communication
- The evolving future of treasury: AI, interest rates, and scalable systems
You can connect with Nolan Soltvedt on LinkedIn.
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