A new Commercial Director, Programme Manager, Operations Manager and Solutions Architect have all recently joined specialist regtech business Vaiie, bringing a credible and diverse wealth of experience that will help excel Vaiie’s digital products and services for its customers.
Pictured l-r: Richard Gaudin, Louise Flynn, Luke Hopton and Adam Brown
Lee Bosio, Managing Director of Vaiie, says: “I am very excited to welcome the new team members on board. We pride ourselves on building high-performing teams and look forward to our new appointments helping us to expand our vision and deliver the very best customer experience.”
Richard Gaudin, Commercial Director
Richard Gaudin has been appointed as Commercial Director. In his role, he will be responsible for all the firm’s commercial elements, such as business development, marketing and a particular focus on growth with responsibility for the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.
Vaiie is at a key stage of development and Richard hopes to use his 20 years’ experience in senior commercial roles to drive step-change growth within the company. Richard will be taking Vaiie’s new regulatory technology to market. The portfolio is a sophisticated technology that is designed to solve challenges around regulatory compliance, risk management and client onboarding/lifecycle management.
Louise Flynn, Operations Manager
Vaiie has recruited Louise Flynn as Operations Manager to help lead on the outputs of its digital studio, and oversee the team responsible for providing support to ensure customer success.
With previous experience in operational roles in the legal and finance industry, as well as running her own family business, Louise will work closely with the product and development teams to scope, plan and budget projects, ensuring they are delivered to the highest possible standard.
Luke Hopton, Solutions Architect
Luke Hopton has recently joined the team as Solutions Architect, with responsibility for overseeing the development teams in Jersey, Italy and Malta for all existing client services and future technology solutions.
Luke has more than 10 years’ experience in software development. He has specialised in web and cloud technology, bringing expertise from his career in a variety of organisations in Jersey, the UK and New Zealand.
While bringing a creative and logical problem-solving approach to the role, Luke’s appointment will be central to the liaison between the technical team and senior team. His technical skills will also ensure Vaiie builds leading regtech products that deliver value to customers.
Adam Brown, Programme Manager
Vaiie has also appointed Adam Brown as Programme Manager to oversee its full programme of software development projects, from initial concept to bringing the products to market.
With more than 15 years’ experience in the digital industry, Adam brings to the firm a wealth of knowledge across regulation, fintech, change management, payments, banking, strategy and digital transformation.
He will play a key role in stakeholder management at Vaiie, along with being responsible for providing fact-based insights on new and emerging trends, threats, legislation and regulatory developments to identify fresh opportunities and strategic solutions.
New products
The new recruits join the Vaiie team as it drives innovation in the regtech space by launching three exciting products:
• Vaiie Onboard is a rapid, frictionless and fully compliant digital onboarding solution that empowers teams to shorten the onboarding process. It is packed with an intuitive workflow that meets the needs of businesses, customers and regulatory bodies, for an exceptional client engagement experience.
• Vaiie Locate aims to leave no address unverified through its comprehensive global address assurance service that serves to deter fraud. The cutting-edge authentication technology works to provide greater assurance that a person is based where they claim to live and verifies addresses anywhere in the world. Using Jersey Post’s knowledge, infrastructure and network of trusted postal operators, Vaiie Locate is
uniquely positioned to deliver the highest level of assurance with its trusted verification techniques.
• Finally, Vaiie Identify sets a new global standard in trusted real-time remote identity verification, allowing companies to verify customers’ identity in seconds with fast, secure and easy-to-use ID authentication, facial recognition and liveness checking. The verification tool offers a robust and frictionless client experience that meets all KYC and AML obligations and is accessible on any web enabled device.
The new product range and appointments highlight how Vaiie is committed to leading the way in achieving technology efficiency and innovation. The growing team will also help more organisations move away from traditional practices and processes and stride towards a digital first future.
To find out more about Vaiie, visit www.vaiie.com
• This advertising feature was first published in the 2021 Funds Edition of Businesslife magazine