London, 26 March 2025 – Kaizen, a leading provider of regulatory compliance solutions for global financial institutions, is delighted to announce the appointment of Kathy Perrotte and Mark Husler to its Board as non-executive directors.
Kathy co-founded ActiveViam, a global provider of advanced data analytics software, including risk and compliance solutions, purpose-built for the unique needs of the world’s largest financial institutions, and was appointed CEO in 2021. Under her leadership, ActiveViam accelerated its innovative product roadmap, refined global operations, and enhanced go-to-market capabilities, resulting in four straight years of record growth and a successful sale to Nordic Capital in 2024.
Mark has over 25 years of management experience within the financial services sector including at Citigroup and LSEG. Mark co-founded and led UnaVista (a division of LSEG) as CEO for 15 years where he scaled the business from a start-up to a global regulatory reporting solution, supporting over 1,000 sell and buy side clients including tier 1 investment banks and asset managers.
Dario Crispini, founder and CEO of Kaizen commented: “A big welcome to Kathy and Mark who have joined our Board as non-executive directors. The wealth of knowledge and experience that they bring to Kaizen will be instrumental in helping us deliver our strategy of building and enhancing our technology, delivering new compliance solutions, and driving our expansion into North America. I look forward to working with Kathy and Mark as we continue to drive innovative solutions that transform how our clients work with regulation.”
Kathy Perrotte said: “I’m thrilled to join Kaizen at a time when regulatory technology is becoming essential for financial institutions to navigate an increasingly complex compliance landscape. Having led FinTech businesses and helped them expand successfully into North America, I look forward to utilising this knowledge and experience to help scale Kaizen’s innovative solutions across new markets. And this Board involvement is a terrific opportunity to work with Dario and the Kaizen team and partner with Guidepost Growth Equity again.”
Mark Husler commented: “Having spent more than 25 years in financial services, I’ve witnessed firsthand how regulatory technology has evolved. What impressed me most about Kaizen is its unique combination of deep regulatory expertise and market leading regulatory compliance solutions. I’m excited to join at this pivotal moment and leverage my experience across the FinTech and RegTech ecosystems to help drive the company’s next phase of innovation and growth.”
As part of the Guidepost Growth Equity minority investment in November 2024, Gene Nogi, General Partner at Guidepost, joined the Kaizen Board. Guidepost also led a minority growth investment in ActiveViam in 2019.
