# Nanna Nielsen

> Nanna Nielsen is the Chief Business Officer of Critical Loop, a Los Angeles-area industrial power company that helps factories, airports and data centers get electricity in days instead of years by pairing battery storage with autonomous control software. A Danish-born operator who once ran banking operations for fintech unicorn GoCardless - overseeing more than $52 billion in transactions for 93,000+ businesses - she now applies that same operational rigor to fixing America's grid bottleneck. The company raised a $26 million Series A in April 2026.

- **Role:** Chief Business Officer at Critical Loop
- **Organizations:** Critical Loop, GoCardless, Saxo Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, University of Cambridge (Judge Business School)
- **Nationality:** Danish
- **Education:** MBA, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
- **Known for:** Oversaw more than $52 billion in transactions for over 93,000 businesses as a global operations leader at GoCardless, Helped lead Critical Loop to a $26M Series A round in April 2026, bringing total committed equity and debt funding to roughly $49M, Earned an MBA from the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

## Career timeline

- **pre-MBA** — Spent seven years in capital markets in e-commerce and foreign exchange, most recently as Senior Manager at Saxo Bank
- **earlier** — Held leadership roles in Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group
- **MBA** — Completed an MBA at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School; served as alumni representative for her class
- **GoCardless** — Led global banking operations at fintech unicorn GoCardless, overseeing banking infrastructure, customer experience, compliance and payments - more than $52B in transactions for 93,000+ businesses
- **later** — Served as COO of a Los Angeles-based drone startup
- **2026** — Chief Business Officer at Critical Loop; the company raised a $26M Series A in April 2026

## Achievements

- Oversaw more than $52 billion in transactions for over 93,000 businesses as a global operations leader at GoCardless
- Helped lead Critical Loop to a $26M Series A round in April 2026, bringing total committed equity and debt funding to roughly $49M
- Earned an MBA from the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Critical Loop announced a $26M Series A led by Conifer Infrastructure Partners and Hanover; Nielsen publicly celebrated the milestone as fuel for the company's mission.

## Links

- Website: https://criticalloop.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nannanielsen/

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Last updated: 2026-06-10