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January 27, 2022

Lessons from Wise: How to run a growth team

Nilan Peiris has led the growth team at fintech unicorn Wise for over nine years. Here's what he learnt along the way


Nilan Peiris

When we asked Twitter who we should be speaking to about growth, Nilan Peiris was recommended numerous times. It’s easy to see why — he’s led growth at Wise for nine years. In that time, Wise has become synonymous with international money transfers, grown to over 3,000 employees and in July 2021 went public on the London Stock Exchange. Nilan has an opinion or two on scaling a company — and it’s not what they teach you at business school. He first gave his top tips in our Startup Life newsletter.

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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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