Ben Sheppard
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Ben Sheppard

CEO @ Silta Finance
5.0
(17 reviews)
4x Founder - 1 Exit, 12 years as a Board Director, C-Suite professional
Spain Active today Usually responds in a few hours

Services

$360 / month

Deeper support for leaders and builders facing strategy, hiring, or deal-making decisions.

3 calls per month (60min/call)

Unlimited Q&A via chat

Expect responses in 2 days

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About

As a Board Director, startup coach, and technology executive, I bring over two decades of experience advising governments, founders, and legal teams across Asia and Europe. My work sits at the intersection of infrastructure, law, and emerging technology—particularly AI, blockchain, and tokenisation.

I coach startup founders, operators, and leadership teams on go-to-market, product-market fit, negotiation, deal structuring, and business execution. I work with first-time founders and seasoned executives alike—helping them move from stuck to clear, from potential to traction. If you’re building something new and ambitious, I help you navigate the messy middle with clarity, grounded support, and honest challenge.

On the tech and infrastructure side, I lead the development of AI tools that drive 60%+ time savings in due diligence and ESG workflows. One example: I helped a multilateral bank complete a complex due diligence assessment—usually a weeks-long task—in under two hours.

My approach is grounded in first principles: I identify problem spaces where technology or strategy can drive real value, then guide that value from feasibility and design through to implementation and adoption. I’ve worked with the Asian Development Bank, USAID, Governments, various Banks across Asia Pacific and private sector infrastructure developers. I’ve advised global institutions including Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Rockefeller Foundation, and WWF.

I regularly speak at forums such as Bloomberg TV, the World Economic Forum, Google HQ, and the United Nations (UNECE), where I present on topics ranging from tokenisation and AI to sustainable infrastructure and digital systems change.

Across all engagements—whether with a startup founder or a sovereign government—my through-line is always the same: commercial outcomes, technically sound strategy, and execution that moves the needle.

If you’re building something hard, messy, or meaningful, I’d love to help.

What mentees say

5 out of 5 stars

Ben is really brought great experience, sound judgement and focus to our business. He is engaged in your success and a really strong mentor for any business owner looking to get to the next stage.

Guillaume

Guillaume

Lite Plan • 3 months

Guillaume wrote 1 more review for the same mentorship

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent mentor, strategic advice and team management. Every single suggestion Ben has made to plan my business and help me grow and manage my team has proven on point and very effective. He was able to see things clearly where I could not and give me mature, balanced advice that I could action and was well perceived with the team. I highly recommend!

Guillaume

Guillaume

Pro Plan • 6 months

5 out of 5 stars

Great mentor. Very valuable advice and highly experienced. If you are looking for a mentor to assist with your tech start up, Ben is perfect for that.

Charl

Charl

Standard Plan • 2 months

5 out of 5 stars

I appreciated Ben's experience, clarity and availability throughout the process.

Guillaume

Guillaume

Standard Plan

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