Kevin O’Neill to drive global growth as Napier’s new CRO

Kevin O’Neill joins us as Chief Revenue Officer to help drive further growth across global operations.

Napier AI

January 18, 2022

We’re pleased to announce that Kevin O’Neill has joined Napier as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to help drive further growth across global operations. With more than 25 years’ experience in technology and financial services, O’Neill comes to Napier having served 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.

As CRO, O’Neill will be responsible for leading new business growth plans, bringing our next generation SaaS financial crime solutions to the world’s leading financial services businesses, delivering superior customer experiences, and building the momentum that will allow Napier to achieve its ambitious growth objectives over the coming years.

Julian Dixon, founder and CEO at Napier, said: “We are thrilled to see Kevin take up the position of CRO. 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.”

Our AI-enhanced platform for intelligent AML and financial crime compliance is the tool of choice for over 200 clients, including tier one banks, payment providers, FX, crypto and other financial institutions. The platform’s dynamic, modern operating environment helps drive efficiencies by transforming financial crime compliance from manually intense tasks to a fully automated operation in a highly intuitive and unified workspace.

O’Neill commented: “I am delighted to join the Napier team at this exciting stage in our growth trajectory. 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, with its extensive client base and technology that is leading transformation of the industry, makes it solution of choice for many of the world's leading financial organisations. We can expect to see continued global growth as the power of our intelligent compliance solutions, including Transaction Monitoring, Transaction Screening, Client Screening, Risk-based Scorecard and Client Activity Review plays an even greater role in combatting financial crime.”

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