Jack Klinck
Board Member / Investor / Advisor
Jack is a senior executive with extensive international operating experience in financial services and public/private/non-profit boards. Jack has spent his career in financial services including three global banks and more recently Angel Investing/Venture Capital and consulting. Jack began his career at American Express in New York City before moving to Pittsburgh to work for Mellon Bank. At Mellon, Jack was promoted to CEO of its International Operations based in London and Vice Chairman serving on the Management Committee. Jack was recruited to join State Street in Boston, also serving on the Management Committee where he ran Global Strategy, Marketing, Hedge Fund Administration, Client Management and started a new business unit called Alpha/Global Exchange building insights from custody and accounting datasets. In 2015, Jack left the large corporate world to join the FinTech revolution with a focus on bridging the fap between start-ups and large incumbents. He helped launch Hyperplane Venture Capital which has incubated two start-ups and made 65 investments focused on artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in the B2B space. Jack is currently an active Board Director, Angel Investor and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Jack has extensive board experience across a range of companies. He was the first independent director of Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX) when it was a private company and helped lead the 2018 IPO as an Audit Committee and Pricing Committee member. Jack was also one of the first directors of Xpansiv, the world’s largest carbon trading/renewable energy platform where he chairs the Audit and M&A Committees. Jack serves as a director of Notarize, a Boston based tech company bringing digital transaction platforms to the financial services industry. Jack has been active in the communities where he lives and works. He recently spent 10 years as a board member of the Boy Scouts of America for Eastern MA including 2.5 years as Chairman. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Jack has an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BA from Middlebury College where he earned Honors on his Senior Thesis. Jack is a competitive skier and sailor. He owns and skippers the America’s Cup 12 Meter sailboat Nefertiti US-19 moored in Newport, RI.