Napier Appoints Kevin O’Neill as New Chief Revenue Officer
LONDON, (Bernama) – Napier appoints Kevin O’Neill as Chief Revenue Officer to help drive further growth across its global operations.
Napier is a provider of leading anti-financial crime compliance solutions and is fast-growing RegTech.
O’Neill comes to Napier after serving as Global Head, Asset Management and Asset Servicing, and Head of EMEA Sales for Fenergo. He has also held senior positions at BNY Mellon and Royal Bank of Canada. He has more than 25 years’ experience in technology and financial services.
As CRO, O’Neill will be responsible for leading Napier’s new business growth plans. He will bring its next generation SaaS financial crime solutions to the world’s leading financial services businesses. He will also build the momentum that will allow Napier to achieve its ambitious future growth objectives.
Meanwhile, Julian Dixon, founder and CEO at Napier, says Kevin’s experience will help drive revenue growth.
“His deep knowledge of the financial services industry combined with his enormous experience in driving revenue growth will help us in achieving our ambitious plans for further expansion across all markets this year.”
Fighting Financial Crime
Napier’s AI-enhanced platform for intelligent AML and financial crime compliance is the tool of choice for over 200 clients. This includes tier one banks, payment providers, FX, crypto and other financial institutions.
The platform helps drive efficiencies by transforming financial crime compliance from manually intense tasks to a fully automated operation.
The news follows the recent appointment of former HSBC COO Andy Maguire as Board Chair. Napier is a Rising Star according to the RiskTech 100. It’s appearance in both the 2022 Deloitte Fast 50 tech list and RegTech100 is remarkable.
For O’Neill, besides being delighted on the appointment, the group can expect to see continued growth moving forward.
“The financial services industry is realising the enormous benefits of next-generation AI & SaaS solutions to upgrade their financial crime operations. Napier’s solid foundations makes it the solution of choice for many of the world’s leading financial organisations.
“We can expect to see continuous global growth as the power of our intelligent compliance solutions, plays an even greater role in combatting financial crime.”